Better Yourself

better yourself
so you can stare at paintings
on therapists' walls
worry about tea chests
never eat pork pies
and laugh at poor people
who flash their underwear
bought from market stalls
with bananas and trout
(it's in their blood)
who choose their death
filling in holes
pennies in jars
tar in lungs
who wish they were Americans
dead goldfish in a bowl
everyone at the top
better yourself
so you can watch
an antler head on a wall