Say "retail," and then think of which detail? Department stores and small boutiques, pretense With boredom hard in tow, as tripping thence Across the threshold, ladies men t'avail Join, or else tiny dogs, pass through, a trail Of lesser beings left in their rear for sense, Who scuttle in and out trying for defense Where money's not so plentiful for bail. When I'd adjust the racks, or take as t'were Their orders, party to the tales of who And what, where money flowed like water (poor As Daddy's saying it did not grow for you On trees), I'd not aspire to their ranks. Stir The same, til LORD, how I wait Thee: where to?
21Oct24
William Drummond of Hawthornden a Scottish courtier, and early sonneteer superbly opined nature was preferrable to society. Until I worked in retail, I liked it...