A bass riff
snakes its way across my
mind
reaching down
to impel
my feet to metronomic
accompaniment
as the window dressers flit and fuss
over their
subjects
a chunky necklace here
a patterned cinch
there
a crown of
auburn hair to complete
a mock Burberry
ensemble
ceaselessly they work these unpaid immobile androids
conspiring equally
with life-size photo-bills
and crudely scrawled cartridge paper
"50% OFF!"
"ALL SIZES; S - XXXL!"
trying to lure the
impressionable and the ones
seeking
to make an impression
and all the while that
boppish beat
on unyielding tile floor
ad the jazzy
hum
the paradox of life
Of uncertainty
awaiting my embrace
like a new lover promising
manifold pleasures
but distilled in her own
time and her own
formula
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