May 31
plastic bear eats plastic wrappers
it'd be peaceful here if not for the road
nowhere to go but shopping
thirty precious minutes
before sign in
sun shining hot
through mandatory dark coloured trousers
this is what normal people do
on a Sunday
I guess
watch them move along
on slow meander
from car park to checkout
so much more to need
than sunlight and time
heavy bags to carry
picnic area always empty
you don't come here to rest
unless
you're waiting with pen in hand for a shift to start
or happier amongst pine cones and bird shit
than sanitised commercial seating
the air down here is polluted by petrol
but it's free to look up at midges dancing
under a blue sky
no purchase necessary to sit
we always find ways to survive
the scavenging sparrows and I
-acklum
