Double Elvis

Cracked bell

Broken bell

Cracked bell

Broken bell

Prescription lens shades

Double Elvis

Double Elvis

Cancers, cancers we three

 

another stolen time offence

everyone starring in their own social media cast reality show

an illusionary audience

trying even the stars

trying even the stars above patience

 

pretty cop

with purple tip dyed hair

and mink pink eye shadow

cuffs the homeless

forlorn and hopeless

for obstructing

the market pedestrian flow

when changing

the cardboard sheets

of their street beds

punters queuing

for artisan breads

look on numb

buskers strum

a fitting dirge

as if on prearranged cue

as if on prearranged cue

me and you

don’t know where it all got started

don’t know when it all went wrong

 

Cracked bell

Broken bell

Cracked bell

Broken bell

Prescription lens shades

Double Elvis

Double Elvis

Cancers, cancers we three

 

young lovers in the alleyway

entwined in tears

unaware of wandering eyes

staring

tourists taking selfies with mannequins

in designer shop windows

modelling dresses

they can only fantasise about

wearing

struggling to fold

hinged crucifixion crosses

street evangelists

swearing

all the while

the oncoming

Northern Line train

tearing

tearing

down the tracks

 

Cracked bell

Broken bell

Cracked bell

Broken bell

Prescription lens shades

Double Elvis

Double Elvis

Cancers, cancers we three

 

the purple reign staining his collarless
white shirt
cigarette butts

filled to the brim of his cupped hands

head down

walking

back and forth, back and forth

past fire hydrants no longer red

disgruntled bus passengers

waiting, waiting in the heat

back and forth

back and forth

back and forth

funereal

as though commanded

to collect

abandoned last breaths

funereal

as though commanded

to collect

miniature like deaths

 

Cracked bell

Broken bell

Cracked bell

Broken bell

Prescription lens shades

Prescription lens shades

Vision so clear

It’s like being on drugs

Double Elvis

Double Elvis

Double Elvis

Double Elvis

Cancers, cancers we three

 

 

James Dick

 


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