Convenient Gathering Point
On the sink estate, late at night, a group of superb young women gather round my humble head for a smoke and a chat. Not with me , of course; I am not fit to converse with them. I’m just a convenient gathering point (‘Let’s meet up by the humble head!’ ) In truth, I am fit only to look them in their SOCKS! No, they are chatting with one another about their respective boyfriends and tastes in men – not that their conversation is any of my damn business! I shouldn’t even be thinking of them above their SOCKS. I’m just a slave! The three superb young women have gathered round me for a smoke and a catch-up with one another The young, white woman standing directly in front of me with her back to me... ...is wearing grey sneakers with a yellow star logo, and short, white SNEAKER-SOCKS I humbly study the STITCHING in the BACKS of her SOCKS I am acutely aware that her SOCKS are better than me... ...and that I am not fit to even think of her above the SOCKS! Meanwhile, her prtetty, bla...