The ballad of Mentler and Ruby NodoleView (or 'Farewell to London') , written in the bar of Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street,13.01.09

Gather round ye English folk
Listen to my tale true
You will shiver, in sweat you'll soak
At the ballad of NodoleView

Met I Mentler one warm summer
When we both worked in London
Selling stuff by phone, a bummer
But he was far from humdrum

His eyes were dark, his smile was white
My hand did I extend
He made me laugh, day and night
I was proud to call him 'friend'

In Manor Park we took a house
And had good times together
Until one day there came his spouse
Which signaled stormy weather

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poem by Simon M Hunter
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