From Charing Cross across to Trafalgar
Is a short walk. The National Gallery
Squats atop the square without being vulgar
There's no better rainy day sanctuary
First off, art of Renaissance Italy
Then Spain - Diego Velazquez appears
His St John of Patmos lit brilliantly
Caspar David Friedrich and two Vermeers
Constable's Hay Wain, Turner's atmospheres
Monets, Manets, Van Gogh's sunflowers and chair
Pissarro, Picasso... Needed coffee
But the cafe was full of glazed-eyed dears
Cake-clutching clutches of mother/daughter
And kids. Walked down Whitehall. Homeward journey
Thur 6 Jan
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