Thursday 23 July 2015

Harp, aliens, carp and a... monster? by Monica Lang

Look! That harp plays all by itself
No-one’s there. ssss’ MAGIC Mum
ssss’MAGIC Dad
ssssssssssss

Look at the jellyfish
It’s not a jellyfish
It’s got aliens
inside

Ooh. Glittery fishes
Mirror carp
Colourbright dragons
Don’t forget the bags Mum and Dad
the next time we go to Sainsburys
You can Save the Planet too,  Mum and Dad
That’s what the sculptures are for…

out-with-the-kids but NOT SHOPPING  
nor armchairSkytelly content
They drag at their fags and their kiddie’s new clothes
Come away from those women in hats!

from their scissors lump hammers and mess
There’s Wetherspoons only down there
Come away from the sculptings and seagulls and sand
Come away from the Grand Teignmouth Pier

old buckets and worn spades
faded jeans and a picnic basket
chattering smiling laughing stopping
to admire our oh-it’s-a-monster
no it’s a swan
actually.
their children make her more feathers
out of our plastic milkbottles
and take photos






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