The Wetlands of Deal


The Red Indians are so far away

Why do you say that

Because it is quite true

I am unconventional

I float under the radar

I am interested in the irrigation techniques used

In the Wetlands of Deal

Palestine has been lost

Quite lost

It has never regained even a yard of its former land

I was in Canterbury some months ago

On the ancient city walls

When I saw the most beautiful Jewess

That I had ever seen

With raven hair and sad raven eyes

She was staring blankly into the middle distance

Her Orthodox husband was standing nearby

He was about thirty and in my view obese

I sometimes throw fireworks into swimming pools

It is a hobby of mine

Man you sound like a real obsessive

I am not an obsessive

I assure you that I am not an obsessive