$2 “Physical Protocols”

it’s all or nothing or nothing at all

it’s snakes in the grass,

failures in physical protocols,

it’s slap heads driving 

convertible fast cars,

his cronies cheer as 

he revs past - dick swinging!

she told me she’s got

a two-thousand-dollar smile,

she looked like she was 

sucking a plum, I explained 

“I’d pay her two dollars to remove her filter”

romantism turns to cynicism

when a $2 smile comes out to grin,

these new age romantics 

can’t wean themselves 

off the semantics,

they’re too busy selling 

fake chic through their socials

whilst miserably failing 

at all physical protocols,

there’s nothing more

unattractive than a walking 

Instagram profile picture

minus the filters,

there’s an irony in feeling 

short changed 

on something so dam cheap,

proper cheap

$2 cheap!