945
at
or on the going of the Rock
one
less desecration to the highway
who
burnt the rock?
I
said the highway
with
my tonnes of oil
and
spill a little
strike
a light
this
is a worthy cause
who
burnt the rock?
it
was always an existential worry
thing
should not have been
by
what divine power
is
the rock now gone?
I
said the deity
with
Old Testament spite
it
was an abomination
Sodom
had nothing on this
but
who really burnt the rock?
I
said half a brain
it
was horrid
and
never a viable thing
(thoughtfully
the rest concurred)
remember
the cardboard cops inside?
and
golliwogs up to the present?
closest
we get to Nazi kitsch
it
was time to rest the rock
the
rock was tired
who
burnt it?
I
said pride
it
was a blight
I
could stand it no more
even
if the fuel was a better price
who
burnt the rock?
insurance
job?
a
dreadful crime?
let
heaven judge that
what
a beautiful thing that it's gone
made me smile, Kit
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ReplyDeletegood poem
but good riddance
the rock of these ages
is no more