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Summer Ball - 29/06/2001

Men gather in hired dinner suits
black ties gentrify their unease
as working class postures
betray their genteel façades.

In flattering hotel mirrors
they played out Bond fantasies
where the baddies yield
and the good guy gets the girl.

But at the bar they drink beer
vodka martinis are too expensive.
Resisting the temptation
to say 'shaken, not stirred'.

Some cut dashing figures
while fielding disparaging looks.
Clotheshorses in costly attire
for breeding and money will out.

Badly made silk purses
shuffle back to their tables
silently cursing their lineage
and refusing to drink the wine.
 
© Nicholas Vosper 2001