People say the beach is the great equaliser
Who are they kidding?
Sit at Bondi and watch the boys flex
And the girls walk bolt upright
It looks like a nightmare episode of Baywatch.
The true equaliser is the mountain cold
And stacks of cold flung together
Maybe then we’d listen to what each other is saying
Instead of checking out the best bods.

And as I wrap another layer
Around my Size 10
I think of Jack’s favourite saying:
“today’s tan is tomorrow’s cancer”

I walk outside
And whistle at the wind.

Autore: Steven Herrick