{"id":174,"date":"2011-02-22T17:01:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T17:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=174"},"modified":"2011-02-22T17:01:53","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T17:01:53","slug":"fiona-sinclair-is-looking-under-the-counter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/fiona-sinclair-is-looking-under-the-counter\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiona Sinclair is looking under the counter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Under the Counter<\/span>
 

<\/span>Stroking fake furs convincing as clever<\/span>
impressionists, my hand is pricked by<\/span>
the pine needle pelt of genuine mink.<\/span>
The coat is no peroxide starlet but a<\/span>
hooded, calf length defence against<\/span>
proper winters. Petting it, I recall when<\/span>
\u2018a mink for the wife\u2019 was on every husband\u2019s<\/span>
pools win list. Their cast iron glamour<\/span>
outliving owners to be willed to daughters.<\/span>
Now young women clearing great aunt\u2019s<\/span>
attic strike Marilyn poses before mirrors<\/span>
fearful of parading them in public, but<\/span>
knowing their value to less squeamish<\/span>
tourists, bring them to this sanctuary.<\/span>
The proprietor beckons me to a white<\/span>
fox fur jacket, slipped from Bianca Jagger\u2019s<\/span>
shoulders in Studio 54 now tethered in<\/span>
a cupboard. We ogle the skin like seedy<\/span>
punters in a back street sex shop.<\/span>



<\/font>* Fiona Sinclair<\/span> has had work published in numerous reputable magazines. Her
\nfirst chapbook Dirty Laundry<\/span> was published by Koo Press in
\nFebruary 2010.<\/font>

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