A collection of poems and other writings...

Tuesday 25 August 2015

essentials

We
coincide 
inside
T K Maxx

you two
smiling
linked
arm in arm
setting off 
up the
escalator

me
I’m heading down
to look at
pants

you two
just out for the joy 
of shopping
seventeen
swapping opinions
on leopard skin tops
on minions 
on Tshirts
checking out boys’ crotches
all elbows
and giggling

me
aching neck
sore feet
fifty five
stacking my backpack
with cheap necessities
reduced knickers
up against
economy cheese
and essentials tea

I'd have come
down there with you
once
but it's
too late
for that.

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