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Ploom #034

But No Ladies

Annie Sturgeon

Long slim legs
in pink stockings;
but no ladies —

webbed-footed fishwives
down by the docks
arms a-flap.

Screeching, ‘queue, queue, queue!’
But none of them do.

Scavenging, squabbling,
pilfering, plundering,
raucous;
glaucous.

Chips with everything.

‘But No Ladies’ by Annie Sturgeon, read by the author

Annie Sturgeon

Annie Sturgeon is an Aberdeenshire writer and artist (with a Yorkshire accent!) who's had exhibitions and publications in a variety of places. She is currently writing more than painting.