pounds for a tank of fuel!
My first house cost less!
Two Generations
Listen as two generations speak - not with words,
but with looks and gestures.
The older woman glaring at a younger woman - forgetting it was she who grew up in the 'sixties',
the decade of free love,
the burning of bras,
mini-skirts,
drugs and rock 'n' roll.
The younger woman mirrors those exact footsteps
many years later,
flaunting her beauty across a hot supermarket carpark
dressed only in a revealing bikini and beach shoes.
Perhaps the older woman looks on,
knowing the consequences of such a life - a life the younger woman cannot yet see.
Unaware that this walk will lead her to the very same place,
where she will find herself years from now
dressed modestly,
with her memories untold,
slowly unpacking her shopping
into the boot of her unassuming old car.
Tennis
In the heat of a Parisian spring
deep in the trees of the 16th arrondissement
under the 'concertina like' roof
fluttering amongst enthralled spectators
fans flap like butterfly wings
flitting amidst a sea of panama hats
parasols
and fingers wrapped 'round long cooling drinks - all trying to cool the moment
Working Day
The smell of a summers day
and the shadows of a late afternoon
merge towards the evening.
A sweet wrapper gently takes to the air
as a bus passes
full of those
off home
to join that calm which comes
only at the end of a working day
The Understanding Politician
The opinionless shock-jock
The chain smoking paramedicThe builder without a home
The doubting vicar
The uncaring nurse
The teacher; unwilling to learn
The mute broadcaster
The heartless surgeon
The sea-sick fisherman
The blind pilot
The vertigo suffering mountaineer
The understanding politician...
The chain smoking politician
The politician without a home
The doubting politician
The uncaring politician
The politician; unwilling to learn
The mute politician
The opinionless politician
The heartless politician
The sea-sick politician
The blind politician
The vertigo suffering politician
The understanding politician?
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