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A Bowl of Soup.(Poem)

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| January 01, 2003 | Whithworth, John | COPYRIGHT 2003 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
A BOWL OF SOUP 
 
   "But Great Snakes!" Quex clutched his forehead, 
   thunderstruck, 
   "What you told us in the billiard room was true! 
   "As the moon rose all the natives ran amok, 
   "And beheaded several members of the crew. 
   "'Twas their filthy lingo made us come unstuck 
   "Though I never wholly trusted Pettigrew. 
   "When the speedboat wasn't there, he rammed the 
   punt, 
   "Suffering major structural damage in the shunt." 
 
   It's not an ostrich, it's a ruddy duck, 
   It's not a bison, it's a caribou, 
   It's not a taxi, it's a railway truck, 
   It's not viridian, it's electric blue, 
   It's not old Robin Hood, it's Friar Tuck, 
   It's not a dansak, it's a vindaloo, 
   It's not the Master of the Pytchley Hunt, 
   It's Daddy with his weskit back to front. 
 
   But the bathroom door's definitively stuck 
   And the bath drains with an anti-clockwise screw. 
   And Diana Dors was born Diana Fluck, 
   And my nineteen library ...

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