Saturday Afternoon Pub Crawl

Another door...

Poster-paint walls, shiny
bottles rattling in cold cages to
the MTV beat

Sharp, metallic
laughter like gun-shots
pool-side Burberry glamour smeared with
gutter talk

Another door...

Giant screen above blankets of smoke,
married men mesmerised by
flashing football fixtures

Whizz and burr of
slot-machine, pinching every
last loose coin

Another door...

Menus written backwards on
opposing mirrors, sinks choked with
depreciating wine

Clack of freshly
rejuvenated luncheoneers in
this season's colours

Another door...

Faint smells: polished
wood, real ale,
dribbled piss from
the toilet doorway

Two old boys, one
gripping the other's shoulder, swaying
their goodbyes in slow-motion

Another door...

Dungeon decor
hair-fixated youth,
stubble + streak + piercing,
blabber and blush

Dark corners, hushed
deals struck for the
evening ahead

Another door...