PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
Dynamic Waging
by Ross Wilson
Essential workers are retiring early
due to dynamic waging
when wages increase on the demand
put upon key workers during busy shifts.
So Morag, a thirty-three-year-auld
Healthcare Support Worker last year
is now a thirty-four-year-auld millionaire
retired to a villa in Andalucía.
‘Ivrytime a patient buzzed
or a nurse asked, ye busy?
the k-ching o’ a till
rang like a bell in ma heid.’
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