Simulacra Of The Smaller Variety Found In Brighton
When they talk about Eau de Cologne
both jasmine and rose are sublime
But one scent is out on its own
The odour of mango and lime
The markets of Mexico City
The harbours of old Amsterdam®
Can scarcely compare (more's the pity!)
unless you compare them to SPAM....
When we sing of the son of the soil
The gravediggers rise in alarm
For nobody knows how they toil
Or what could do them more harm -
The fleshpots of latter-day Cairo
The mountains of brave Samarkand
An intimate tryst with a Biro
Can skillfully scribe "ampersand"
When your whisper drifts by on the air
I cover mine ears in distress
You shouldn't assume that that I care
Nor yet that I couldn't care less.
The wildlife of far Venezuela
The shell of a drowned submarine
Will not bend the will of a sailor
However romantic the scene.
Contributors: | loaf, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Apsley, Juan of the Pines, dkb. |
Poem finished: | 31st May 2006 by loaf. |