Building Extensions

Procedurally similar to

breast augmentation

Or possibly

A penile implant -

Without an anaesthetic.

Taking your living room

They rip off the wall

And implant a sliding-folding door -

A gaping wound for a week

Dining room loses its roof

New roof suffers prostate trouble

Drips, drips, drips

A real pain in the arse

(so to speak)

Quadruple garage swallows the front garden

whole

patch of kitchen ceiling

crashes down

where the surgeon fell through

whilst fine-tuning the electricity!

With the family’s comings and goings

I hope this erection

Doesn’t grow out of all proportion -

As with most plastic surgery

The before and after

Offer a remarkable look at life -

Does the extension add to the house

Or does the house add to the extension:

Always remember that.

Augmentation can flop

Just a little.