When Adam delved
And Eve span
Who was then
A Caliban?
With Finger gone off to quench a thirst
And the Nursery Slopes powdered by fine talc
The prufrock afternoon spreads out like a coma
Anaesthetized upon a fable
Aesop withheld from release
On allegorical grounds
Frugal Dougal
Plumped for Strudel
to accompany his
King Prawn Poodle
Big words
Like Doppelganger
And Psychopath
Butter no
Parsnips
Woke in satanic
Disarray
Head left lolling on carpet
Overflowing tumbril nearby
Recurring nightmare
More daytime television
Born on Bastille Day
Somehow inevitable
Both folks Irish Republicans
Marie Antoinette Dignam
How she hated cake
so did her parrot:
Madame Guillotine