Tuesday 4 November 2014

Displacement

I am not where I am:
I left myself in McDonald's last month,
Sipping ill-advised coke 
While you scarfed down three Big Macs in less than fifteen minutes,
And the constant whir of the coffee machine 
Kept reminding me that I had places to be.
But when we got up to leave,
I left myself in McDonald's
With an absence of you. 



2 comments:

  1. Who is this 'you' who can scarf down three big macs in less than fifteen minutes, and for whose presence you seem to be pining so much? :P

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    1. Well, it's the naarative voice doing the pining, really.
      And I was going for a magical realist twist when I said that 'you' can scarf down three big macs in less than fifteen minutes :P
      However, my best friend is a bottomless pit and can swallow three chicken mcgrill in about twenty minutes for breakfast :P

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