The idle faces
of a disinterested human race
Tumble away like spilt evaporated cream
and die slowly in a council grid
Spotty-faced shop girls
with tight tops showing
And goofy uneven teeth
spread in their faces like pebbledash
Gurgle into boutiques
like the last of my bathwater
going down my plug
They struggle into clothes
meant for Twiggy & Shrimp
And without knowing it –
turn themselves into immediate cartoons
But not in colour.
I peep in and see their bottoms.
Shades spits them back out
to create more ugliness on the sidewalk
A road sweeper
accidentally throws one in his cart
And carries on risking his life
in the traffic of Church Street
The man outside Marks
has still got his blades for sale
But the growth on his chin
shows business in blades is bad
Red amber green - amber red amber green –
fatwomen everywhere
Suddenly a familiar face,
but you blink and she’s gone
Disappearing into a gaping doorway –
offering herself
To be financially assaulted in the BHS
Suddenly, as I watch,
everyone’s legs disappear
And hemlines drop like stones
and I feel sad
Women stumble everywhere
with awkward dresses
And faces to match –
but the fatwomen everywhere
Are happy and remember the old days
They rush to the cupboards
and pull out their drawers
And suddenly again
become stupid with the rest
of a disinterested human race
Tumble away like spilt evaporated cream
and die slowly in a council grid
Spotty-faced shop girls
with tight tops showing
And goofy uneven teeth
spread in their faces like pebbledash
Gurgle into boutiques
like the last of my bathwater
going down my plug
They struggle into clothes
meant for Twiggy & Shrimp
And without knowing it –
turn themselves into immediate cartoons
But not in colour.
I peep in and see their bottoms.
Shades spits them back out
to create more ugliness on the sidewalk
A road sweeper
accidentally throws one in his cart
And carries on risking his life
in the traffic of Church Street
The man outside Marks
has still got his blades for sale
But the growth on his chin
shows business in blades is bad
Red amber green - amber red amber green –
fatwomen everywhere
Suddenly a familiar face,
but you blink and she’s gone
Disappearing into a gaping doorway –
offering herself
To be financially assaulted in the BHS
Suddenly, as I watch,
everyone’s legs disappear
And hemlines drop like stones
and I feel sad
Women stumble everywhere
with awkward dresses
And faces to match –
but the fatwomen everywhere
Are happy and remember the old days
They rush to the cupboards
and pull out their drawers
And suddenly again
become stupid with the rest
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