#1647 - a dog in the picture

1647

5.186

5.vii.24

a dog in the picture

ekphrastic for Herbert Badham’s 1943 ‘The Grocer’s Shop’

Hinton Collection, NERAM

 

the apron and the woven bag

 

flirt in a tie

and watchful  

 

a hand to show a reprimand

 

child attempts to climb

 

a crease

 

tins stacked

 

nose high

eyes half closed

 

the war all despite

 

signs show for sale

almost socialist produce

anonymous

 

it’s through the window of the shop we see

 

there’s no time to sit down