Vintage Clothing Store in Soho, 2007
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Record Shop
“Excuse me, miss, didn’t I meet you in song?”
“…what?”
“In a… oh, shit, haha, sorry, I mean in a club. During a song. At Panic! about a month back, was that you?”
“Oh my god! I know you, you’re the Waistcoat Boy!”
“Ha, yeah, I suppose I am. That makes you… Pink Wig Girl, doesn’t it?”
” Haha, yeah, that was me!”
“…”
“You’re trying to remember what song it was aren’t you?”
“Just before your wig slipped off, yeah, I am… it changes what I say next to you.”
“Really?”
“Oh yeah. If it had been ‘Temptation’ I’d ask why you danced on your own for so long, if it had been ‘This Charming Man’ I’d ask where you’re studying English-”
“And if had been ‘Golden Skans’?”
“Then I’d ask what GCSEs you’re taking.”
“Haha!”
“And where you got your fake ID.”
“Oh Thanks! Haha. But it wasn’t…”
“No, it wasn’t. It was Belle & Sebastian…”
“‘Boy With The Arab Strap’”
“Yes indeed.”
“So.”
“So… Can I have a look at your poems?”
“Hah, you git! Only if you buy me a coffee first.”
© Matthew Sheret, 2008
