1st November 2007

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Slut Machine

Leeds station.
I sit across from the arcade
watching departure boards scrawl orange destinations
pass the time.

Cherries, Anchors, Dollars
Cherries, Anchors, Dollars
Cherries, Anchors, Dollars

Keeping his eyes busy whilst his fingers slip it titbits.
loose change
Slut machine
tarted up
taking in
gobbling down
what a generous lover.

but then
I never did hear the sound
of floorwards falling coins.
No rattle of gratitude in this beggar’s empty tray.

Just some lights
some fruity music
and then nothing.
An empty conjurer of dirty tricks