Tesco... welcome or welcome not?

LET people who want more and more

Say welcome to the Tesco store.

More goods, more grub, more cuts in price

Just more of anything is nice.

But when they come to count the cost

They'll realise just how much they've lost

Perhaps it seems a funny thing

But cost ain't just a money thing.

In other ways we'll pay the price

Then Tesco won't seem quite so nice.

With lots more cars on all our roads

We'll be as vulnerable as toads.

Or otherwise the air'll be blue

With road rage in the traffic queue

When it's too late we'll realise why

Pollution's at an all time high.

The noise and nuisance will be more

For people living near the store

But locals who live more distantly

Will still see cars persistently.

And what about our High Street stores?

Tesco opening will close their doors.

"So what" I hear the cynics cry -

"Let Tesco live", let Hanham die.

J Joseph

Hanham