under the arcade
and the floor-length glass shop front:
a green pop-up dome
flanked by a Burberry
suitcase and a sleeping-bag
a makeshift shelter
for Sai from Stratford
with time to invest
in a four-day queue – he’s first
in line for an iPhone 6s
no-one moves him on
or threatens arrest
as it’s not about where
but why you pitch your tent.
Date: 2017
By: Karen McCarthy Woolf (19??- )
From Troubles of The World 