People Traffic

Corner of Mare Street and Morning Lane -
Large African woman, JB carrier bag one
side, Tesco's the other; big golden moons
tightly stretched on black skirt and
buttoned top; black, hornrimmed, walks
by.

Greyed shrivelling West Indian man
ambles on, clutching Tesco bag, newspaper
sticking out.

Under the tilting black lamp post
a late twenties white guy, black wavy
hair and thin framed specs, light blue
open neck shirt, black trousers - maybe
a little Italian looking - is facing

an olive skinned woman, similar age,
black dress with half length sleeves.
Her hair is long and shiny black, done
with a long thick plait hanging down
her back.

They talk, holding cigarettes
down by their sides, sending little
smoke signals up into the Sunday
watercoloured sky blue October air.