Labrador

Last Modified: Dec 13, 2024

Originally written 10th December 2024

In the future, there is a room you can pay to stand in,
and it looks like someone's parents' kitchen.
And in the middle of it, there is a vinyl sculpture of a loaf of bread.
It looks like it just came out the oven.
Not clear if there is an aroma coming from a vent,
or if you're inferring that there is an aroma.

In the future, this is what money from your job buys.
And you only had to pay 52p to stand here. Bargain.
Standing here is a much better thing to do than simply
not remembering how good bread used to be.
Expecting anything more is futile.
The hormone for that was bred out of you.

Laurie Owen