I
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a tie to the past
using an old numerical system
to tell you the year
and maybe the time
II
On a mission to bring Modernity
the diggers uncovered Tesserae
made from local clay
as architects called the uni
and builders downed tools for the day
III
They found some old spearheads, made by a legionnaire
and a clasp of a broach of a resident there
they said it were roman, as they found roman gold
and deduced they were at a market – where things were sold
IV
But as they kept looking – more modern things
were found by the roman antquities in the wings
Some shillings, and marble, a hammer, a thimble
found by a digger, who was quite nimble
V
And while the roman stuff goes to the big place
holding dinosaurs and plates
the modern stuff is staying in a place by the gates
so the people can see what was held in the ground
and the story of the objects that were found all around.
