This is about positive change, but it isn’t about me thankfully. I think I’ve already covered positive change in a previous post.
When one works in a shop, as both my wife and I do, there are always certain customers that, how can I say? “Not too good at personal hygiene” so we always have a can of freshener at the ready.

ANDY HONKS

I was beginning to notice people avoiding me in the street,
If they couldn’t cross the road, they’d hold their nose, look down at their own feet
I did take baths, I took them twice a year
The water got so muddy wouldn’t go down the drain, nowhere near

When ever I went on busses of passengers they were always empty
Which always seemed odd to me, before me there were plenty
Same with theatres and cinemas, of people always void
I do like a bit of company, I was beginning to get annoyed

One day upon the beach, I could see nought for airborne sand
As all the bathers ran away, little children hand in hand
Even the donkeys took their leave, scattering children hither and thither
I was once again alone, in my eyes tears swelling like a river

Then one day a man appeared, he said to me “Come hither”
What I have hear he said is called a magic mirror
“Look deep into its surface, you will see a bright aroma”
It was true, if you can visualise stink this was it, I didn’t no diploma

I changed my trousers today, that was a powerful thing
Tomorrow I may change my shirt, it’s beginning to hum and sing
My socks they always keep their shape, should ever I take them off
As for my underwear, I’m not telling, you will only scoff.

Now I’m almost normal wash and bathe nearly twice a week
And that nice man let me keep that magic ymirror just in case I start to reek
It’s easy to forget hygiene you know when a man does live alone
What we need I’m sure, is a magic mirror in every home.

All words Meadowhead Bard