Visit the suburb of Kingsbury to see
Private wealth
and public squalor
Rubbing shoulders,
uneasily.
High street traffic
jammed with four by four
Petrol guzzlers
and big new electric hybrids.
And the
pretty signs on the lampposts
Above the
cycle lanes tell us
How eco-friendly
Kingsbury is.
This truth is confirmed as tired men
Recycle almost new attire,
Rummaging through the piles of discarded clothes
Outside the old clothes bin.
Some pick up trousers,
From the chewing gum stained pavement
Then hold them up against
The worn out strides
That they’re already wearing.
Families pass them by on their way
To the vegetarian restaurants and supermarkets,
Cars roll on regardless,
And wastebins overflow
Into the empty cycle lanes.
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