Monday, September 10, 2018

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


3 comments:

  1. That's the Bar Beach fashion catwalk parade Gill.

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  2. I suspect it's not just the car wash guy...

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  3. it's up to us each to fight for the forest wherever we find it ourselves!

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