EMPTY SHELL
The smooth glide of a new key
Throws open the freshly oiled door
Determined footsteps hit the laminate floor
Fresh paint odours permeate the air
A blank canvas overall
With a few statement pieces to add a personal touch
A golden Buddha takes centre stage
Meditative stillness bought for £19.99
Homebase bargain bin
Spirituality with a penny’s change
New prints of Che have arrived
Quad portraits ala Andy Warhol
A guerrilla radical mounted in a Perspex frame
Cuban revolution bought to your new build flat
Tethered with a 40-year mortgage
A life longer than Ernesto himself
The retro wall mounted clock hails the hour
“Time spent with family is worth every second”
The stylised letters on the clockface declare
Your mother has been counting the minutes
Nine years since she last saw you
As her dementia resets every hour
