Mackerel on rye
Tinned in tomato sauce
Packet from the corner all night store
Sat at someone else's dressing table
Another person belongs this space
Could afford the best in town
I mean the most delicate delicatessen
Doubt, no
Choice
Swinburne, Shute
Faded paperback by Pan
Not for sale in Canada
Reading someone else's book
Another person belongs a requiem for a wren
Could afford the leather bound
I mean the signed first edition of A town like Alice
Doubt, no
Choice
Walls, Windows
Magnolia with Tartan
Basket weave, knotted pine
Someone else created this place
Another person belongs the kitsch, the swish
Could afford the penthouse suite
I mean the most existentialist royal Casino Royale
Doubt, no
Choice
Walking or waiting
Making the first move
Indecisive in the end
Someone else made the pace
Another person belong’s your familiar place
Could have carried on
I mean continuing more than incremental growth
Doubt, no
Choice
