her friend observes
with keen amusement
the items she
produces from her
small shoulderbag
as she rummages
for change and bills:
two hair brushes
an interac card
a book - dancing girls
by margaret atwood
six mismatched
butterfly hair clips
various crumpled
receipts a set of
scissors medications
two eyeglasses
a lipstick sunblock
keys and finally
at the very bottom
three twoonies
two loonies and
a twenty and yes
it all fits back in

what's so funny

the book's title
and front cover
with its nude
botticelli bums