Hidden Are Our Own Inept Performances
Blended with the hint of curling smoke came release
The fledgling grouse were free - but not free of their fate
Which lingered long, the walrus like, bedded in the trees
Beyond the gruesome habitat of scone and skate
Where pampered idiots shoot anything that moves
And fashion morbid keepsakes from the severed hooves
Of elk, bison, fox and carrion crow, to name but few
Whhose bodies lie unmoving, as dead things often will
Upon this stubborn plain, where truth has killed the kangaroo
And many corpses lie in tussock, mound or hill
Remote from family, kin or dearest friends,
Where antiPopes, in congress dire, make full amends
For all the good the world will suffer, ere the end
You might as well smear trumpets with best Brie
Or undertake to waltz with goblins at Southend
For little recompense, nor e'en a fee
Fly futile in the face of sneering fate -
Bite swiftly through an After EightŪ!
Contributors: | Apsley, fester, Roland, Fatty, P, dkb. |
Poem finished: | 3rd October 2001. |