The Spoonbill Generator

A Railway Canal

I cycled to the station with fury on my mind [Apsley]

And punched a fat commuter in the eye; [dkb]

He looked at me (with the uninjured eye) uncertainly [Apsley]

The other watered hurtingly [dkb]

I did not relent [Apsley]

Till fury was spent [dkb]

Upon all who embraced the secret name of God [Apsley]

(Which I won't record as it's secret.) [dkb]

I left the fat commuter with a guinea for his pains [Beefy]

And pondered then the music of the spheres [Apsley]

I concluded it (the music) was a load of balls [dkb]

Preferring Händel's Water Music [Apsley]

I would not retire [dkb]

Until I had sired [Apsley]

Uncountable progeny, and two pygmy goats [TG]

(Who are small enough to be beneath notice) [dkb]

I joined the fish and chip shop queue in search of deep-fried eels [Beefy]

And picked the finest specimen in sight [dkb]

That sported on its back the letters JAH (or so I thought) [Apsley]

Perhaps it was a watermark. [dkb]

I did not make out [Apsley]

Until I used grout [dkb]

Made by Bul, the fabricator of universal things [Apsley]

(Whose products are ubiquitous, of course) [fester]

Then I realized the error of my ways, and despaired [Apsley]

To think how many years I'd been misled [dkb]

The tracks I should have followed were not those laid for trains! [fester]

So much water had gone under the bridge [dkb]

I'd missed all the signs [fester]

'Midst thickets and vines [Apsley]

My mistress with a monster was in love [KD]

(Whose cave I pass by every morning) [dkb]


Contributors: Apsley, dkb, Beefy, TG, fester, KD.
Poem finished: 6th September 2001.