Acres of 'stuff' <br />fill this brightly lit superstore, <br />where fabric junkies <br />shiver in air-conditioned <br />summer cold. <br /> <br />Big Brand Sale signs <br />beckon bored Crafties <br />and Do It Yourselfers <br />with too much or too little <br />time or money to spend. <br /> <br />Disinterested staff <br />prop behind tables, <br />scissors snipping. <br />Next please... <br /> <br />Bleating customers <br />laden with fabrics <br />clutch plastic numbers <br />mindlessly... <br /> <br />The small leather 'scraps' <br />are not what I want - <br />but packaged so prettily, <br />and marked up to buggery... <br /> <br />I have no choice, <br />I pick my number, <br />I wait my turn. <br />Do you have your Spotlight VIP card? <br />My what? <br />Do you want to become a VIP customer? <br /> <br />You must be joking!<br /><br />Alison Cassidy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/vip-customer/
