Smith & Jones

Mrs Smith and Mrs Jones
compare insurance policies.
They say beware the niggers, them are coming,
and the jews.

Mrs Smith and Mrs Jones
Button shirts and hide their bones,
Pretend to be in love with God and Christ
(but not the jews).

Mrs Smith and Mrs Jones
converse above white cups of tea
in kitchens cleanly kept and neatly swept
by hired brooms.

Mrs Smith and Mrs Jones
smile and smirk their dental work.
They dip in swimming pools, and when they cry
they lie.


1999