Requiem
Alas! Poor Percy, his pointing days gone, Along with the porcelain he knew; Now, it’s quick, easy and painless, to Shake young Stanley at the stainless. ...
The Stainless God
‘And man shall go before the stainless god, a god to whom The Acolytes give scented offerings with the passing of each new moon, a god before whom the True Believers chant out their holy, sacred mantra “Ahhhh…” with such wondrous euphoria… ‘And make daily...
Elegy for a Road Safety Officer
(1988, parody of a Road Safety Joke.) It was a crystal crisp, full-moon light brigh evening, at a time when no shadows were cast upon the land. A man was walking A man of import A man was talking A man of warning Enlightening all people to a point...
Kubla Khan: a fragment of a fragment
(1987. Because prior to this I didn’t like the original, so I thought to parody it. With apologies to S.T. Colleridge) In Reservoir did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome deliver Where Darabin, the muddy creak ran By tunnels made by man down to the Yarra River....
Meat
(1990. Working with innuendo in response to someone’s casually crass allusion in a banal conversation) Some meat, is tender It is sweet to eat; Some meat, can be tough… It, you need to beat....