A friendly greeter
                        in the entrance smiles at me as I walk in
                         
                        'If theres anything I can help...'
                        yet you cant hear amongst the din  
                        Men past their prime buy lotto tickets
                        and The Sun  
                        Though they'd squander the cash on
                        football tickets even if they won Mothers with sunken faces
                        wearily eye fashion mags  
                        Wondering wearily if Demi Moore gets
                        under-eye bags  
                        Children that already get everything and
                        more  
                        Demanding to know why they dont own
                        everything in the store  
                        Mysterious plastic
                        doors lead to vast loading spaces  
                        Trolleys fly through these launching a
                        frenzied assault at our faces  
                        Zitty youths at pizza counters (well you
                        are what you eat)  
                        Act like Italian chefs cramming Edam onto
                        dough - wow some feat!  
                        Shoppers that
                        clearly never socialise anyplace else
                        hold up the aisle  
                        Who think we all wish to hear them
                        spouting their small-talk bile  
                        Moody dieting women buying salad and
                        catching sight of their rear  
                        While husbands fold arms over pot bellies
                        look smug and buying beer  
                        Trying to rifle
                        through the reduced for quick sale
                        fashions  
                        Being blocked full on by 70 year olds
                        buying g-strings with a passion  
                        Not knowing where the adults section ends
                        and kids begin  
                        Then realising that pair of hot pants
                        would never skim your large rim  
                        Kids fashions are
                        great why do they get to be all funky and
                        glam?  
                        Yet long sweaters and suit jackets make
                        us resemble a side of ham  
                        Trying and failing to load your shopping
                        on the conveyer swiftly  
                        Having your purchases eyed behind you by
                        a bearded man of fifty  
                        Shamefully
                        regarding your ready meals for one and
                        sanitary ware  
                        and celeb mag to aspire to plus leave-in
                        treatment for dry split hair  
                        They say supermarkets are the ideal
                        places to pull  
                        I feel like my eyes are being covered
                        with vast amounts of wool  
                        To be seen at your
                        worst bending ungraciously over a trolley
                         
                        Not knowing which section to find cup a
                        soups and feeling a wally  
                        Having your every item of food inspected
                        - your life is on show  
                        Are you gonna meet your Prince Charming ?-
                        The answer is No!  
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