In Hammersmith tube station
Roses red,
Larger than cabbage’s heads,
Linger in watery tubs.
Poster sized cards
Sequined with hearts
Fall off the shelves:
Faint from significance.
Drab men carry pink boxes
Hoping to conquer the world
Girls giggle and smirk
Trying out lipsticks
To match
Their satin dessous…
But in a faraway place
Star-crossed lovers
Meet and kiss
Enveloped in
Eternity
From ‘London Verses’
©HMH, 2014
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