The Poet’s Curse

The Muse when she takes me
just grabs me and shakes me
but then she’s just up and away
Then for several years
I’m bereft of ideas ….
and have to get on with something
completely different like decorating
the house, or gardening,
or snail-racing, or ….

Diners Or Friends?

I secretly
invited
to tea
Rex Whistler,
but
Emily Bronte
saw us!

The Mighty Atom pleads
 the Fifth Amendment

The Circus Employment Tribunal
asked the human cannonball
suing for wrongful dismissal
if he’d ever been fired before
but he refused to answer
saying the question was ...
loaded

Career Change

The London Symphony Orchestra
was looking for a new conductor
which was quite a relief for Ron
now his route is driver-only
 
“Tickets, overtures and
 beginners only please”

The Gratuity

I read in a book
when I was a kid
that a tip was

To
Insure
Promptness

But it doesn’t
(and probably never did)
What optimistic
nonsense