People Watching

When your feet hurt from walking through galleries

and your mind is full of new images

You must make your way through the V&A

to the refreshment rooms

for a pot of Darjeeling (first flush)
.

You can rest under the great, glowing chandeliers

and listen to the grand piano

Surrounded by the intelligentsia of London

eating slices of banana cake.

A word of warning:
if you sit and contemplate

the beautiful curves of the young ladies

supporting the fireplace

You feel less inclined to eat the chocolate mousse.