WELL DRESSERS can be surprisingly cynical,
jeering at any elations that make the gloom rise.
Look for:
pickpocketing, glove snipping, button theft,
hat spoiling, fragrant evasion of bosom tax.
WILL WITNESSES will occasionally bring back
a few viviparous jokes from the intestate beyond.
Look for:
rare mischief lights in the eyes,
quadruple handshakes, crypto-Calvinist soliloquies.
JOY RIDERS peddle a popular Algerian adrenaline therapy
based on asymmetric speed breathing.
Look for.
second-hand airbags, unidentifiable rattles,
foxing in the margins of service records.
JAY WALKERS are seldom insouciant, many having actuarial degrees
and student endowment loans with mutual widows.
Look for:
whistling of yesterday’s jingles, titanium jaw work,
peripheral fringing of self-awareness.
CHUTE PACKERS are unregulated but conscientious,
mindful of hogging searchlights by proxy.
Look for:
unassertive handkerchief origami,
scorch offences, piracy over the high seas.
SHEET METALWORKERS enjoy wish-fulfilment,
the wrap-around merchandising of cartoon characters.
Look for:
lightning, time warps, contraband biscuits,
outbreaks of Malaysian shadow puppetry.