ODDS AND SODS

1984

In 1984
The world changed
Irrevocably
It became darker
More foreboding
Not in an Orwellian way
But the sun was cooler
The wind sharper
The future more uncertain
That was 1984 for me
Because in the space
Of just a few short weeks
Tommy and Eric died

TOMMY AND ERIC

Tommy Cooper
And Eric Morecambe
Were funny men
Not vulgar
Or foul mouthed
Not forced or contrived
Just naturally funny men
Who made you laugh
Just by walking on to the stage
In fact thinking about them
Has just made me smile

SHAMELESS SHAZZA

We must pay her now
A King’s ransom
A sum in the millions
So quite handsome

And for what exactly
Sacking her unfairly?
Or more accurately
For sacking her too early

She’ll take the money
Without a thought for Peter
For shameless Shazza
Thinks she’s the victim

CRISIS? WHAT IS A CRISIS?

The FIFA barons
Just keep getting fatter
The fattest of all are
Warner and Blatter
And despite revelations
And newspaper chatter
The president contends
It’s an internal matter

AUSCHWITZ

Auschwitz in essence
Was a processing plant
Or perhaps more accurately
A recycling plant,
Recycling an abundant commodity,
i.e. lower forms of life,
Into a revenue stream
By stripping the resaleable parts
Clothing, jewelry, hair, teeth
And burning what was left.
A cold and calculated business
Inhumanity on an industrial scale.
So the next time
You cast yesterdays must have device
Into your recyling bin
Just remember the Germans did that with people

POLYHYMNIA

Versatile Polyhymnia
Muse of singing
Muse of mime
And of sacred dancing

START TO FINISH

Start to finish
Beginning to end
Dawn till dusk
Weekday to weekend
Young to old
Forever my friend