Haikus for a High Street
trade flyers pile-up
on the abandoned door mat:
two-for-one pizzas
haberdashery:
once family business
lost the thread sometime
no competition
with Tesco & Sainsbury’s,
Amazon online…
plastic bouquet fades
on shopfront’s dust-thick low sill;
spiders’ webs site now
ideal placing for
nails bar, tattoo parlour or
haircuts-all-£9;
an e-cigarettes
vaping emporium or
charities’ chain;
another café
for barista-taste shoppers
with cupcake cravings…
backlash-denial
spending on luxuries as
banks spin their web threads
Luc(e) Raesmith
Inspiration: flower paintings from the permanent collection
