Cutting Flowers is a barbers shop in the Station Road

It is also the name of my sisters BF

Have you noticed that after a shower

That you sometimes smell slightly of sweat

I have often travelled on tube trains with

People who have showered in their chic wet rooms

And have been forced to alight at the next stop

Because of the sweet smell of decaying sweat

My first GF was named Cutting Flowers

But her English was so poor so we separated after a day

As I did not understand her many Spanish dialects

I am an artist and own a large studio

But my studio is littered with unfinished canvases

As I have never finished any of my paintings

My assistant is called Cutting Flowers

She has no interest in art and uses my studio as somewhere to crash

The arrangement works for us both

I have mended the leaking tap and have purchased a red and silver kettle

The shower in the studio does not work which is inconvenient but I have other showers

Dotted around the house in the pale blue and river red rooms

It has been brought to my attention that the tiles around the pool at the Smithfield Lido

Have been replaced by plain concrete ones which are rough to the touch

They irritate the skin of all those who come into contact with them

I will write a letter when I have a moment demanding an explanation

It is the least I can do as we all have an interest in the Serengeti Leaves