Glastonbury Poetry

A Poem for the Royal Wedding

The trucks and trains are full of freight
and shipping shit by hundred-weight
the punters pluck ‘em by the crate
the princely printed royal plate
commemorates the royal date
the state is in a royal state
the biggest draw in London Town
is evidently wedding gown  

The peasants placards don’t placate
their poverty but demonstrate
a roaring royal interest rate
inflatables outside the gate
of loyal royal real estate
where kissing cousins pro-create
pass round the royal hand-me-down
it’s evidently William’s crown  

Bahrain, Brunei, Brazil, Kuwait
for hungry hoards of heads of state
the splendid royal spreads await
and cumberbunded guts inflate
while Tony and his running mate
for cancellations lie in wait
no chairs – who cares – for Blair and Brown
they’d evidently booked their clown  

So smegging Clegg: crossed eyes, red nose
but blue beneath his underclothes
in harlequin and stripey hose
is there through who his daddy knows
while Dave’s in gladioli pose
he’s miserable and heaven knows
that Morrissey would wear a frown
the Queen’s not dead, just lying down  

A windswept candle burning straight
could not ignite a class debate
what fucking unemployment rate?
Let’s mutually masticate
on Iceland buffets, ‘overweight’
does not equate, can’t compensate
for royal minted royal pounds
royally shat on royal grounds  

Thank god for saving Wills and Kate
thank Johnny Clarke for this template*
but just before they conjugate
and tie champagne to license plate
where Blunt and Fogle congregate
Westminster skies please turn to slate
Let’s pray it royally pisses down
eminently, let it drown


Ralph Swift

*This poem borrows gratefully from Evidently Chickentown by John Cooper Clarke.

 

Thanks Muchly!

KW

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Grateful for the add.

Good Morning,

I just stopped by for a visit and to say "HI".

thanks for adding me and thanks for add keep up the rhyme all the best
john

Hi, thanks for the add xxx

Sadly, being pretty busy with poetry & music stuff in the Green Futures field, the only time I got along to the P&W area there was no-one about. Hope you had a great time, anyway!

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