The Beagle
May 13, 2019
Editor: There is little we enjoy more at the Beagle than a riproaring Shire Slam poem.
Here is one off the cuff to get you started in the comments below:
Poetry slam is here again
what's this year's topic?
"Council's Pleasure ...
and Pain"
My friends, let me tell you
of a calamity near
bought about by the decision
of a town engineer
who many years ago said
"You'd be such a fool
to ever replace
a cracked swimming pool
with one the same length
when we all know for sure
that if they want fifty metres
then they can lap more"
"They can swim twice the distance
and make twice the turns
meander between 'teabags'
and those there to learn
they can dodge all the ladies
with their noodles and floats
they can lap through the tourists
with their holiday bloats
and when they are done
they can feel rest assured
that the $eight fifty they paid
was great value - for sure"
The new pool might be squashy
with so many bods
still the Mayor is "excited"
which remains quite at odds
with the hundreds now massing
who call the plan lame
and challenge the Council
they've now declared quite inane
Yes, the people will rise
that is for sure
and the Council might sprout
"They simply want more"
but the truth of the matter
is incredibly clear
Those who agree with the Mayor
won't be elected ... next year
ning tong
diddle eye po.