The Rag Doll's Clothes (I Am Not Invisible)

Cherry

By Ewan

Wed, 10 Apr 2024
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I’m wearing them with irony,

the best accessory.

They cover more than

imperial rags ever did,

and should provoke less scorn.

I shoplift from Oxfam and

blag from recycling bins.

My eye for colour is undiminished,

I combine in cacophonous clashes;

odd shoes, green and red,

A dress in azure blue and brown stripes.

See me, notice me,

I am here on your high street.

I am not invisible.

Certificate U
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Not Quite Good Enough
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Comments

Submitted by Turlough on

Loads of stuff is shoplifted from charity shops in England. The shoplifters think that because the stock was donated it has no real monetary value so they're not really stealing. I've known many an elderly volunteer who has given up their job in these places because of the threatening behaviour of the punters. Something I was surprised to learn.

But I get the message. Nobody living on the streets is really invisible until we make them that way. Some of us aren't very nice people..

Turlough

Submitted by Ewan on

 my wife volunteers in a local charity shop. She tells me it is by no means exclusively the homeless - or even the poorest - who do the shoplifting.

(I should add it would end very badly for anyone who dissed my wife under any circumstances.)

Thanks for reading.

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