Machine Coffee: Grounds for Divorce
Estimate the water's depth
Before you take a gulp
And if you find it deep enough
Then beat it to a pulp
When the fishes palpitate
Before it starts to sulk
Do not presume to hesitate
Or call the Incredible Hulk
Be as vapid as you can
Before you take the air
And if you find it, afterwards
Then hold it by the hair:
It may wish to calculate
Before it hits the ground
Don't let the matter escalate
Or tend to the profound
Eliminate the positive
Accentuate the null
And, if you find it tedious,
Or vacuous, or dull,
Not quite designed to titillate
Or energise the brain
Please don't presume to vacillate
For that would be in vain
Be as languid as a sloth
Or vibrant as a worm
For, if you can move slow enough
To catch the slightest germ
Which makes you start to salivate
You'll find it melts your teeth
Faster than you can masticate
The constables from Leith
Contributors: | P, Roland, Apsley, fester, Tel, loaf, Beefy. |
Poem finished: | 24th September 2002. |