ARTHRITIC QUESTION MARKS

I was listening to the weather forecast getting it wrong the other Saturday which led to this.

Last Saturday

The weather forecast bullied them into carrying umbrellas,

arthritic question marks they waved at the blue sky,

while muttering that it is better to be safe than sorry,

17% of which will be forgotten on trams and in bookshops.

A typical Saturday really.

Discussions with Paul Mortimer concerning amoeba led me to revise this poem.

A Small Step for a Man

As usual the Americans were busy,

semi-secretly murdering monkeys,

no say, one way passengers,

locked into war surplus V2 rockets.

It kept the newly naturalised Nazis happy,

hidden out of the way at White Sands, Arizona.

Still the Soviets top trumped them,

proudly sending a stray dog into space to die.

There was no stopping either of them after that.

It was like Noah's Ark in reverse.

How many animals could they send to their deaths?

So let's not forget the monkeys,

the rabbit, the rats, all the fruit flies

and not forgetting forgetting the amoeba,

who came to realise

that a small step was a step too far.

Here's the Mountain Goats with one of my favourite tracks off Goths.

Until next time.