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Dressing Up for the Salesgirl
Shop 1
If not already wafting in Hermes
how presumptuous to be
shopping in Hermes
The girl at the counter
doesn't bother to serve.
Shop 2
Whipped by her up and down glance
it's plain I couldn't wear itsy bitsy
clothes from France
For Chloe
How could I have the nerve?
Shop 3
I stalk into the hot spot
Where the old black is the new black
Skirts drape straight on hips that don’t curve
"Gucci" says the blurb.
It all looks familiar, seen on every magazine cover
I daren't touch what I like
I might glimpse the price
and the salesgirl will see my eyes
slide to the door.
(from the series ‘Aspiring to be a Tai Tai')
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