while mother was drinking her tea — sloop!
emptied her bags & explained
the third world corruption of brands
which she promised never to buy again.
down the boozer with the lads:
I said that we’re all basically the same
though living in different shaped houses.
tried to call from a phone booth
without a phone.
next morning to sweat out the toxins
turned the t-shirt’s logo to the chest
& shadowboxed