Poem 37 of 230: RODEO DRIVE
On visiting Los Angeles,
I thought I’d walk Rodeo Drive;
I’d passed a few up-market shops
When an hombre said: “Take one please.”
‘Twas info. on exploitation,
Which I read that night in my room;
It mentioned of the unfair gap -
Sweatshop-wages to profit-on.
I left him to visit the john,
Which was all clad in marble stone;
Then I walked, past more fortune-frocks,
To lunch: four bucks - fair profit-on.
(C) David Franks 2003
On visiting Los Angeles,
I thought I’d walk Rodeo Drive;
I’d passed a few up-market shops
When an hombre said: “Take one please.”
‘Twas info. on exploitation,
Which I read that night in my room;
It mentioned of the unfair gap -
Sweatshop-wages to profit-on.
I left him to visit the john,
Which was all clad in marble stone;
Then I walked, past more fortune-frocks,
To lunch: four bucks - fair profit-on.
(C) David Franks 2003
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| Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles; 17/10/2025 |
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| Another visit to a Rodeo "john"; 17/10/25 |
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| "More fortune-frocks" on Rodeo; 17/10/25 |
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| Just round the corner from Rodeo; 17/10/25 |
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