Gillian Swain # 3 - Give thanks to the jeans

The people in this street are the beautiful ones

I blunder along the path among designer fitness wear 

flat stomachs and firm calves

perfect proportions cause me to reminisce as they laugh by

I hear my silvering mane sigh with resignation as

salon colours streak past   mingle and bob politely in time

with well stepped joggers  and

I cant believe how far it is to the shop

the maybe one day cars rest smug in 

clean driveways and slippery wax  

these women as smooth as the duco  

their wax reaches places

the car wash guy only dreams of

Imagining I too could be one of the shiny people

I give thanks to the jeans that hide

my furry legs  resolve to keep

arms at sides and

felted armpit secrets

to myself