Pressing the Button

all clear
safety cover lifted
talked to others
willing the
not so willing
enough! - discussion dead

simple solution
improved correction fluid
… painless pinpointing …
wipes clean
ending fear
just br … ush here ...

the paper’s burning
it’s on fire!


© Richard Scutter 19 February 2003




Another Poem ...

... replace Korea with Iraq.

Korea

Why are they lying in some distant land
Why did they go there
Did they understand?
Young men they were
Young men they stay
But why did we send them away, away?

Small Dreams of a Scorpion, Spike Milligan - 1972

... known more for the Goon Show that for other work