IN HAARLAM
In Haarlam
ten streets converge
on the huge Grote Markt
A church with a 130 foot high tower
one of the finest organs in the world
pipes as long as thirty three feet
Played by Handel and by Mozart too
resting place of Hals and de Key
But its always been a market square
old guild houses and fine shops
carved stone in a dozen colours
centuries and centuries old
In the corner, red and white
and as plastic as tomorrow
the twin dikes of McDonalds