Janet & John's Bookshelf

See we are brainy.
Look.
Look there.
Wole Soyinka. Caryl Churchill.

We are clever.
We went to Uni.
Look John, look.
There is Chaucer, there is Yeats. There are Women Poets of the 18th Century.

Look Janet. Look.
Here is a charity bag. Put them in.

No John, no. People must see.
We are brainy. We have books.

Here Janet, read. Read Soyinka, read Chaucer.
Janet look. Read Women Poets of the 18th Century.

No John, no. I do not want to read.
People must see. I am brainy. I have books.

Pose Janet, pose.

Fuck off, John. Fuck off.

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