this tin reads:
‘Open other End’
…Yours?
Plod-plod-plod-plod:
The quadroplod,
Cloppety-clops
Stopety-stops
Nods and winks.
Wrinks mordant
eyes, cataracted
with chimera,
fuss and blether.
Deaf posts, prattling
twaddle cannot
listen, chew, suck,
sneeze, shut up
or swallow down.