he shadowed her with his wafer frame

like a tug with the Queen of the Seas

she ingloriously passing by

the waters discreetly parting.

 

Coasting in and docking together

in the supermarket setting

she with an air of bluster

a lack of grace

him aiding and abetting

supermarketing.

 

With his chest cadaverous

from the struggling of smoke

the sporty stripe a standing joke

on a body designed for early stroke.

 

She engulfed the trolley

like a smash and grab in progress

to the lottery till as a matter of course

Him to top up the smoke.

 

Burrowing their weary way

the carbohydrates piled up

offers leading to eventual coffers

everything in bulk.

 

She dominated the clothing aisle

holding out large jogging bottoms

he sniffed at trainers, slippers

christmas still just a threat

him the housebreaker, she the incredible hulk.

 

On the way out they passed by fruit

as ignorant as King Canute

exiting they both seemed smaller

as the sun shone in affirmation

 

to where the Range Rover awaited

for the flicking of a key

with its teeth to the wind

like a carving of a confirmation

 

of a strange alliance of genetic science

and the way things seem to be.