Friday evening at a charity show
billed as last word in standup comedy
absurd but those who know me know
I don’t understand a bloody word of Hindi
Three smartphones,
six earphones
attached to white wires
tangle in the side pocket of
my wine coloured backpack.
inserted un-together,
once in, they mingle,
wrangling and vying for
bus ride plug-in.
like hair in my face on a windy day,
you crop up everywhere.
brands are available in Shenzhen
costing a fraction of the original
falling off trucks with abandon
so anyone can be fashionable
Rolexes, Taylormade clubs
designer clothes, handbags
Shenzhen is one of China’s hubs
where tourists will be sandbagged
I'll start tomorrow, I promised myself
words to live by? Not so much
that red dress meant for Christmas dance
had not desired result with romance
The name of the game
is aquiring fame
through "networking".
Six degrees of separation
quite easily found
through imbibing
and chatting
and standing around.
There is an alternative form of fun
from waking up to run
which could be quite interesting
generating similar heat and friction
but goes quite easy on the shoes
when a different sort of rubber's used
he saw her from a distance,
walking down the swale,
and spotted in an instant,
that she towed a potluck meal
A friend of mine’s having an art show
I declined because my ankle’s sore
she said she be sad if I didn’t visit
There are chairs, she added, you can sit
garlic and onions’
sulphurous essence
wage olfactory assault
upon my senses.