Every poem needs a tube train
What are you reading Joe
A book of poetry
I found it on a Liz Line train over the weekend
What is in in the book
Poems Poems
Sarky
There is one poem written by a chap who is not really considered a poet
Who is that
Spike Milligan
I did not know that he wrote poetry
I only came across this poem
As the previous owner saw fit to vandalise the page
How did they do that
With a black marker
Why
Search me
Is there much left
Only the title and the first two stanzas
The poem is called
Look at all those monkeys
Jumping in their cage
Why don’t they all go out to work
And earn a decent wage
How can you say such silly things
And you a son of mine
Imagine all the monkeys travelling on
The Morden to Edgware line
I once became lost in Morden Joe
I was born in Edgware Josie
I am your sister Joe
I am your brother Josie
Are any of the other poems vandalised Joe
No
It is a rather queer occupation
Buying a book of poetry
It might have been stolen
And vandalising just one poem
Have you any ideas Joe
As many as you have Josie
What are you going to do with the book
I am going to hide it on the shelves of
Where
Ware
Islington Public Library I think
Why Islington and not Ware
Because we live in Ipswich
We do not live in Ipswich
Really
Just look out of the window
What do you see
Ipswich
Then we must live in Ipswich
What do you have in your other hand Joe
A pair of knickers that once belonged to a policewoman
They are rather large
She was a fat policewoman
Why are they in your possession
She gave them to me
Whatever for were you fucking her
I make it a rule not to fuck fat policewomen
Joe
Josie
This is a very silly if not stupid poem
So it is
I insist that you vandalise it