Love's A Dodo Poem by Mark Heathcote

Love is effortless they say.
Some compare it to child's play
But whatever it is, it's neither
Child's play, nor effortless

Just look in these glossy magazines
Stuck between; those perfume ads.
Celebrity after celebrity preens
Their lives divorced, they're nomads.

Soon—boys these cougars
Will bring back shoulder-pads:
Live their lives in pent-house apartments.
Prioritizing; by shopping, departments.

Love's a dodo on a discovery channel
On an island where ego it's land and gentry
Who cares about their libido…? That snivel-
ing poultry magazine, million-dollar deal.