Working class heroes

So the varnish peels
on toys bleached by time
in a bright attic
where the Sun has succeeded
in photographing the shadows
of the skylight's lead beading
onto the grain and sinews
of the exposed wood
and grandchildren rejoice
as the laminated
balsa wood sharks
rescued from the '70s
circle in the bath
with their disintegrating teeth
of putty and chalk,
and plumes of chalk dust,
pyroclastic in the bath water,
form the passing wraiths
of their vindication,
as a feeding frenzy
of accidental cannibalism
ensues.