Sunday 8 June 2008

Everyone's Shopping

Everyone's shopping
What are they shopping for?
Looking for happiness
Behind clean glass windows
Of shops with labels
Selling a lifestyle unsurpassed
To those who can afford?

Louis Vitton, Marni, Anya et al
What do they have to offer me?
How can they fulfil my desire?

Liberty of London
With its heraldic shield
Models lounge listless on pillars and plastic plants
Security stands inside the doorway
Peering out at passers by.
Will you come in? No, you! Not you!

You are not smart enough for us
But you with your unstylish
Unthoughtful look
Copied from catalogues
Of very high class.

You with your striped rugby top
You with your leather jacket and heels
You may enter our prestigious walls
And shop to your credit's content.