Check Out Calypso
This amusing poem was written by Irene Kerr about her observations at the supermarket check out
Check Out Calypso
As we stand at the check out
At our local grocery store
The line up of glossy magazines
Is so difficult to ignore
We’re bombarded by pictures
Of celebrities and their lives
The who what why and where
With their trophy wives
Shots of them out on the town
With whom and what not to wear
As they exit a limo
With that vacant glassy stare
They glare from the front cover
Of each popular magazine
Touting their great lifestyles
Yet so needy to be seen
Whose got the best décolleté
Or biggest derrière
Dress for shock value
In clothes just barely there
They get botox injections
To their lips and to their face
Which prohibits all expression
Guarantees wrinkles to erase
Peroxide big blonde bombshell
All leggy tall and tan
Has a midlife crisis
Admits she is a man
Pays thousands for their handbags
Much more for designer shoes
Misbehaves in public
Just to be in the news
Appears to be quite normal
With children oft in tow
Smiles just for the camera
Wherever they may go
Sadly all the pressure
Of life inside a bowl
Shatters and eventually breaks
As it takes it’s toll
The magazines and their contents
Is apparent to me at last
They depend upon each other
Or they’d fade into the past
So next time at the check out
I will definitely ignore
The bold headlines that beckon
My dollars to ‘read more’
Written by Irene Kerr
25/04/15
Irene Kerr
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