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THE OLD KENT ROAD
The Old Kent Road
Roman Way
the Dover Road
running straight as a do or die
first step to success
on a monopoly board
coloured brown the dirty sod
at the end of town.
It is the road that hints of abroad
the road that stood the weight of the horde
of Romans on their foraging way
where Bricklayers Arms
terminus for railway goods
rubbed shoulders with
the...
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