Today I went down
to the centre of town
to drink coffee, to see and be seen
and, as I can't draw
all the things that I saw
I will sit here and type on this screen
I saw big bulging tums
on the expectant mums
the poor darlings just can't see their feet
I saw pigeons, like bums
all alert for the crumbs
that we drop from the fast food we eat
I saw traders lick thumbs
to help counting the sums
that they make from flogging their gear
I saw kids from the slums
knicking peaches and plums
and them making themselves disappear
All the life in this city
some sweet and some gritty
you will miss if you don't take look
So I'll try to be witty
while writing this ditty
and then publish it in my next book.