Grinding Metal Corporate Teeth

unfulfilled desires - b. plainwilder poetry

Icky times in Dinjyville
Pacin round the platform waitin for a train
stumblebum plinkin phone

Everywheres another clanky
smart device encrusted soul
worlds away from satisfaction or fulfillment
in Some Hole

Under monstrous office towers
trapped in sticky mires
the maelstrom of each day

Weary eyed and hesitant
Disappointed mucho

Bad luck dangles down lapels
at times glinting off from those

Grinding Metal Corporate Teeth
that don’t let go

 

Drawing above by Frost Newton

 
© 2025 by Rob Sienna / b. plainwilder

Have a Pressing Problem?

There on Sacramento Street
they sit you in the catbird seat!
Finery in need of care?
Peninou he’ll meet you there.

Gamely Pierre Peninou
furthering your garment’s worth
measuring its length and girth…

In a hurry? Just don’t worry.
Ring up Pierre Peninou!
The inscrutable logo on his company hat,
such élan evoked in that.
Tasteful Pierre Peninou!

Pierre’s trending collar stays.
Engineering proper plays.
Comfy with the finer things,
sparkly suit enabling!

He’ll unwrinkle, block, repair, cuff & collar
skirts, culottes, sweats, blazers.
Even grungy laundry bags
re-done with a winning splash!

Velvet capes your emblem?
Get some pressed with dash!
If you want to you can have
them retrofitted too.
Crafty Pierre Peninou.

He can reinforce, depill
flat cuffs cold… that’s old hat.
He can stain guard or repel
stuff that no one else will do.
Outfits tailor made for you,
just ask Pierre Peninou!

 

© 2023 by bob plainwilder

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