Bags
Here's a kind of slaggy one:
Bags:
Where are those carrier bags?
No, not those recycled poncy type.
The slaggy ones, a slip of plastic,
with Key Markets or Tesco on the side,
Like me Mum had.
Throw away ones - which is exactly
what you did.
Shamelessly, without a single qualm.
plenty more where they came from.
Don't get me wrong, I salute those
tasteful bags for life, and the five
pee charge.
But they're boring! And virtuous.
I long for those unlovely rolls of pitifully
thin bags,
that took a piece of me with them.