Monday, June 27, 2005

Shallow Desire

Guess who got fed up with her job at the Audi/Porsche garage? This is pretty bad writing but it only took ten minutes or so and it was just to make sure I didn't yell at a customer.

I lead them this way and that,
So many of them,
They all want the same thing,
The money they already have.
If some day there is boredom,
Take some wealth and bring it to me,
I can show you what you want,
Those things you think you need.
The machines they gleam,
The eyes see,
The people want.
They all get.
I only serve those with money,
None of you with sense,
The showroom smells of greed,
Yours and his.
Not mine.
It's obvious I'm not ok,
They just don't care,
Scathingly tell me not to drip my blood on their leather,
The money removes the compassion,
Greed exterminates concern.
So as they speed away,
Leaving me in a cloud of diesel,
The cloud that inhabits my mind,
Is suddenly very clear.
They have money,
They have the car,
They think they have it all,
All I see is shallow desire.

xxx

11 comments:

LauraEllen said...

wow. More deep stuff! lol. Your poems will get to the English GCSE anthology one day u no! lol. They can be read into as much as you like - see the underlying hatred and the annoyance etc etc. Sorry. ive been analysing poems all day. I guess im not outta the habit yet! lol. Two of my bro's mates r movin out to Guernsey! dnt ask me where - they wont speak to me! lol. ill try n find out. gotta go now. cyas soon! xx

Anonymous said...

lol thanks hun. cool Guernsey ain't big so there aren't many places to move to! how old is your brother? ok i'm at work so talk to you soon. xxx Nikita

LauraEllen said...

Lol. He's 13, and a girl in his class is 14 and is movin and the other lad is in y7 (her brother), so hes about 11. Does that help? lol. They dnt kno - apparently their dads workin out there, so theyre off to join him. i dont even kno their last name theyve only been here a yr!! lol. sorry i cant be of more help! cyas xx

Anonymous said...

tis cool, just wondering whether they'd be at a secondary school or primary or grammar or whatever but hey i guess i'll fine out if we get two new additions to the lower school! see you xxx

Gordon Strachan said...

Stop frickin' saying 'lol'!! It's so irritating! lol is one of the most emotionally depraved abreviations out there and I can almost bet you that you aren't in fact laughing out loud! It's even worse when its followed by a period, which just emphazizes the labotomised nature of the term!!

Phew, got that off my chest.

Davus said...

heh, lol.

Nikita said...

ok gordon sorry, hehe go davey. sorry. sometimes i am laughing out loud i'll have you know. anyway, ok. bye xxx

Gordon Strachan said...

Nah, its fine (that goes for Laura too, despite her 7 (!) lols in the space of two comments) I just thought I'd rant for shock value!

*giggles inwardly*

Nikita said...

ok so some people don't have such creative laughs uncle g. i just came to wish happy birthday to my blog! woo one year in and im still writing crap and inflicting it on y'all! makes you wanna 'lol' don't it! but i won't i'll hehe. and see you soon xxx

LauraEllen said...

LOL LOL LOL LOL

Sorry Uncle G - had to do that! lol. Okay, it was a bit lol'y. Went a bit crayzee i spose. cyas xxx

P.S. Long Live the Blog!! Happy Birthday Niki's Blog!!!

Gordon Strachan said...

lol very lol.