"Parasite City"
 

It was just a fishing port

Though it had an ancient fort

On the estuary bank of Afon Taff

 

Till there came a man named Bute

And he thought it rather cute

To build a dock, perhaps just for laugh!

 

But his lands were filled with coal

So it got a new found role

As a centre of the booming fuel trade

 

And it grew and spread unbidden

To a great industrial midden

Thus a haven for the parasites were made

 

While the nasal "Kairdiff" whine

Sends all shivers down my spine

So I plug my ears against its awful wail

 

Though they voted 'gainst the leek

They still have the ruddy cheek

To call themselves the Capital of Wales.

 

by William Ashton

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