The incestuous Antiochus and his daughter rule
Promoting legislative and administrative reform
In the public interest. She wears the Elvis Dress—
A white-beaded silk sheath with bolero jacket.
Their customer care pack includes
Exhausts, tyres, batteries, brakes,
A tiny but exquisite bird’s eye primrose,
Intriguing footage of modern stigmatics,
And free road tax with every car sold,
All at a rate to suit your status,
King Prawn and Lime Kebab, dressed as a Turkish tartar,
Emerge from the Underworld, benign ghosts,
Offering a good salary and full benefits package
According to the principles of best corporate governance.
There are vacancies in Aldershot, Basingstoke, Portsmouth
& Portswood (Southampton) . No special qualifications
Or experience are required. Side benefits include
Flexible affordable finance & the Healthy Living Club.
In the UK their affiliate, Polydor/A & M,
Are responsible for handling complaints.
In Yorkshire, where all major credit cards are acceptable,
Fritillaries were known as Falfalaries—
Three sinister schoolgirls: Spotted Orchid, Hay Rattle, Pignut,
Who ply their blood-drenched trade
Behind central locking, electrical windows and mirrors.
At dusk they feed on grass roots and bark,
Brookweed, bee orchid, and marsh helleborine.
This is the grazing of the autumn growth, when
Jasper Prachek, a seasoned hedge layer with a funky retro look,
Descends in a blaze of publicity to spend his savings on a laptop.
Pete Crowther
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/falfalaries/
