Regarding Mr Slick
Chiropracters, anarchists, and sheep
Lecturers, socialists and fish
Amputees and dwellers of the deep
These are the beings I wish
NOT! to meet in my sleep
Mesmerists, mountebanks and mice
"Sun" readers, policemen and crows
Omnivores and vendors of dry ice
Who, surely everyone knows,
Seldom turn out very nice.
Ethnographers, loud-hailers and kine
A hawk's tooth, a peddler of twine,
An elephant's entrail, luminous mud,
Half the betes noires of mine
Have blackened my half-sister's blood
Skindivers, antipopes and bees
Lotus-eaters, salesmen and lice
Parasites that prey on others' knees
Purveyors of the tales of others'vice
Are renowned for exorbitant fees
Tegesterologists, androids and fowl
Philatelists, smokers and YOU!
Soothsayers, dentists and priests,
Keep well away from my feasts
And howl till your left lung turns blue
| Contributors: | P, KD, Roland, Stacy, Bop, TG, KMA. |
| Poem finished: | 6th April 1997. |