How to be good

Clean with vinegar
listen to Sigor Ros naked.
Rock climb for charity
and breathless at the top understand
why the villain likes the fall.

Shake the hand of the butcher
when he tells you the age of the lamb
hound your memory down
with cheap chilean wine.

Have a conversation
in which you expound
upon the time share arrangement you have with guilt.
Arrange for a cleaner
to keep your house a home.

Keep your thoughts lean,
don't hope that your boss gets thrush
from her nylon trouser suit,
that her kidneys hold secrets
that will one day leak.

Lose your honour at the video shop,
walk straight past someone asking for change
wearing an I pod and feel no shame.

Forget your name,
knock on the house next door,
meet someone just like you.

I met mine,
he asked me
if I've noticed that the street lights keep closing their eyes?
He wants to know anyone's called the council?
He wants to know if I say 'No to Tesco'?
He wants me to know that the green grocer
used to be the CEO of Sainsburys.