"Confusion"

You're looking puzzled mate
As you get on board at New Cross Gate
Elderly black gent
In your pork pie hat
Thinking you're stylish
Crombie coat & shirt
Though no cravat.
But you can't work out where
The hand rail's gone
A turn to the left, twist to the right
Then reassuring smile
As your hand grasps the vertical pole
Which was your safety goal.
If it was at all. Best to aim
To set some new ones
One is certainly needed
A shoe one!
Get rid of those spaceship silver things
That you've got on your plates!
Dear oh dear that really grates!
Where are my shades old man?
But who am I to judge?
With the free pair on MY feet
Courtesy of the NHS.
Best I ignore what you wear
Just a little smile; grin and bear
And take the advice
Staring me in the face
Clear and concise
In white on red on her bag
In front of the woman
In the ordinary shoes opposite
'Keep calm and carry on'

Dulwich Poet 7th April 2013

(A dapper elderly man got on the train, but he had these awful silverly shoes...well I thought they didn't suit him anyway...)