We bought a suite here
before marriage went sour.

Now it’s just me
and aspiring couples
plugging space.

This ship of fools
on a minimal sea,
tomorrow’s charity shops
find comic relief.

I help myself to pencils
draw a line over you
and join the Ikea Family.

The food’s not bad
for those with appetite.

I buy a whippy ice cream
and stick a pencil in it.

My thumb obstructs the tip
bleeds all over the raspberry sauce

Ikea Suicide Bid the headline says
but exits are hard to find.

©2007 Steve Porter

Next week Enric Stern and Jaume Roura will face trial for burning images of the Spanish monarchs in Girona. Public prosecutor Ignacio Gordillo is demanding they get 15 months in jail for serious offences against the Crown.