WALKABOUTSVERSE 208 OF 230

Poem 208 of 230:  THE BOTTLES ON THE WALL

I would say, overall,
    From using libraries
And viewing galleries,
    The twentieth century,
With its technology,
    Saw prose-fiction refine
But art, sadly, decline -
    An accidental fall?

(C) David Franks 2003

Manchester Central Library; 26/9/2022