Substantive-hungry trouser-word
Takes nouns like life and man and world beside
Quaint gendered language aside
Who wears the strides?
Who’s on whose side?
We tied it on to time, to thing
To power, number, leather, love and ale
Quaint how it’s not used with mail
Who rides the snail?
Who tells the tale?
Not imaginary waste
Imitation or paste
Not a fake or a toy
Not imaginary joy
The royal we played virtually
At Wimbledon, with wigs and prostheses
Quaint queens in costume jewellery
Not imaginary light
Glancing off your glass eye
Not your boobs or your sigh
Not imaginary waste
Imitation or paste
Not a fake or a toy
Not imaginary joy