OUT OF TIME

in a 
mall macdonalds
there was
a sweet 
old man
completely
bewildered
when he 
found out
there was no cutlery

his wife
was clutching
the handle
of a 
wheeled trolley
probably stuffed
with used 
twenties

they stared at the plastic trays and didnt know what to do

around them

caesarean pramfaces 
thumbed smartphones

and i 
subdued another
hangover with
coffee and grease

from onlinesterling.com

OLD PEOPLE !

old people !

forget
the paper-book banks and scrubbed step terraces

you 
remember
them
like they were Trumpton 

your
progress

bulldozed them to asbestos dust 
for
Morrisons Motherships 
and
orange-brick hutches 
with
stinky muddy
estuary views

and anyway was it all that great back then ?

looking behind helps us feel superior
but
who
knows
whats
coming next ?

and
anyway
how about the now ?

romford head post office from postalheritage.wordpress