Tesco’s Is Not The Same Without You – by PAUL TRISTRAM

 

Tesco’s Is Not The Same Without You

He stands at the bargain section,

half-cut, frowning deeply

but still wishing upon hopeless stars.

An 8 pack of beer, toilet roll

& some boil-in–the-bag food

fill his single man’s basket.

Unwashed in over a week,

drained & lethargic to the very core.

Whilst she’s pulling into Waitrose

in her new man’s BMW.

Filled to the absolute brim

with vitality, smiles

& fresh spunk trails.

To pick up some more

red wine & champagne

ready for their 3rd

cocaine & sex party this week.

They are both exactly 1 and a half

miles away from each other, yet

orbiting 2 completely different planets.

In their messed-up heads

one’s a winner, one’s a failure.

Yet, the reality is that

they’re both hamsters in cages,

spinning on wheels going nowhere

and achieving nothing but parting ways.

© Paul Tristram 2016

***

Paul Tristram is a Welsh writer who has poems, short stories, sketches and photography published in many publications around the world, he yearns to tattoo porcelain bridesmaids instead of digging empty graves for innocence at midnight; this too may pass, yet. Buy his books ‘Scribblings Of A Madman’ (Lit Fest Press)  http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1943170096 ‘Poetry From The Nearest Barstool’ at http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1326241036 And a split poetry book ‘The Raven And The Vagabond Heart’ with Bethany W Pope at http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1326415204 You can also read his poems and stories here! http://paultristram.blogspot.co.uk/