POETRY: PEAR SHAPED BY PAUL TRISTRAM

When Lady Luck went Pear Shaped

the Fan got covered in Shit

and all the Clouds had Dismal Linings.

Rolling Stones gathered Prison Sentences,

a Stitch In Time closed another Stab Wound

and The Grand Old Duke Of York had 10,000 Men

and sent them Violently in amongst the Peaceful Protestors.

The Cow went pogoing skyward

trying to steal The Man In The Moon’s Wife

and The Owl and The Pussycat went to Sea

out of Strict Orders of Deportation.

Jack and Jill went up Constitution Hill

singing Baa Baa Black Sheep have you any Crack?

and Humpty Dumpty was left alone to Commit Suicide in Peace.

Mary had a Little STD, she scratched but it would not go.

The Little Dog threw up from Alcohol Poisoning

and The Dish ran away with the Heroin Spoon

committing a series of Nasty Armed Robberies

before being Shot by Police Officers somewhere outside Exeter.

Written by Paul Tristram