Arquebus (Chaucerian View)
Her basin full of porridge, her stockings eek of holes,
Her seventeen syringes all askew
She did not like the op'ra, and fainted in the street
Her head in Euston, feet at Waterloo
Her name was Sue Sosostris - her father was a Greek -
Her mother was a Polecat from Penarth
Who perished - during Christmas - in the hearth
Her bonnet full of putty, her utterances of lead
Her sixteen pairs of stockings unstrung
She threw away a syllable, in manner indiscreet
That left a little scar upon her lung,
Her name was Penny Trailia - her father was a Turk -
Her mother had a fondness for the clap,
A drowned - one bosky Easter - at the tap
Her migraine full of anguish, her coughing-up of oils
Her six or seven elbows all akimbo
She went to northern Hastings, and buried both her feet
The right in real estate, the left in limbo
Her name Jenny T. L. Umbrage - her father knew a Scot -
Her mother wasn't often in the pink
And choked - at Whitsun - whilst eating the sink
| Contributors: | Apsley, Surlaw. |
| Poem finished: | 4th March 2002. |