2. Mannequin men


The mannequin men
  are more dignified.
Sitting or standing
  they seem to be able to clearly define
what it is up to - pretending.

  They're more like businessmen -
making money... That's all.
  They do not care
what we think about them withall -
  just selling clothes and underwear.

Some play football,
  or golf -
isn't that fair?

The mannequin men
   take their lives
for what they are worth -
  without a feeling.
Love, tenderness,
  dismay or wrath
do not seem to be their concern -
  they won't hit the ceiling.

Their end, however, is the same as the girls' -
  luckily they don't know it.

They cannot imagine an abyss - its whirls.
  Nothing appaling...



June 20, June 23, 2023