Wealth and Leisure and Bunnies

On Jericho Beach

the retired and semi-retired

walk along the edge

of a field of black-berries.

Cameras

with large

expensive

lenses

dangle from

their necks.

They bend down

to photograph

families of rabbits

feeding an arm’s length

from the brambles.

I run by

in fancy shoes

bought with money

withdrawn from an account

set-up for me

by my grandfather.

If I wasn’t

already prejudiced

against those with the

wealth and leisure

to photograph bunnies,

I’d probably find

the whole scene

beautiful.

But instead

I rolled my eyes

and turned up

the volume on

my iPod.