Moonrise over Laredo, Texas as the sun sets over its book trade.Recent events in Laredo, Texas have compelled Tex Rex, King of the Singing Cowboys, to step out of retirement from his home on the range and croon the ballad of sad book-café about a big American city now scandalously - incredibly - without a single book shop; unbelievable but true.As I walked out on the streets of LaredoAs I walked out on Laredo one dayI spied an old book shop all shuttered and closed downShuttered and closed down all night and all day.I see by this closing that books...
