Dream lives were lived by beautiful mannequins ...

Walking across Falkland Square to the Dolphin Centre, I felt, more than ever, like a character in a dystopian novel - 

Amazons wearing jeggings loped into Poundland - 

Beggars waited for small coins under a grey sky - 

A bravo sold Dunkin Donuts to skinny whooping boys - 

Wind chapped shoppers waited by the lowered level crossing barriers - 

In the bright windows of the opticians, impossible beauties wore stylish sunglasses - 

Uniformed servitors stood by the glass doors of the Centre - 

Inside, creepy music spilled out of hidden speakers - 

Newspaper headlines warned of the migrant crisis - 

A man in a poachers coat shook a bucket for Help for Heroes - 

I headed for M & S - 

Dream lives were lived by beautiful mannequins - 

15.00

Tuesday 2 February 2016

Dolphin Centre

Poole