it’s best to skirt around the lake
on a Sunday
too many nuclear families
lockdown captives
who can’t shop
need to get out the house
before they kill each other
I veer off quickly
make a shortcut
through the silent trade estate
eerie as an old film set
litter an unwanted surprise
but no need for Time Team
to research its provenance
top prize goes to the
deftly captured Eastern European
lorry driver’s piss
neatly deposited in a plastic bottle
though poorly secreted under
an ornamental hedge
energy drink cans
pancaked in a line
along the kerbside gutter
glint like cat’s eyes
all spaced a car’s length apart
hoorah! there’s a new kid on the block
new detritus set to shock,
abandoned medical masks
littered like blue and white
bikini briefs,
filthy g’string slingshots
matting the pavement
akin a stripper’s dressing room
stay safe, always wear a mask
they say
better still stay indoors!
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© Graham Sherwood 01/2021
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