Keep the Aspidistra Flying

I see the local whorehouse is hiring.
You get a free pen, just for enquiring.
With some rock-hard abs and some tight little buns,
you might well get a gig selling sex machine guns.
Look - here's summat else (you ungrateful bleeder):
A free tarmac driveway for every reader!

What's happening about your PPI?
Don't you sometimes wish that you could die?
Have you seen how much a funeral costs?
You don't have the bread to sleep with the ghosts.
You can't afford to be dead or dying
so keep the aspidistra flying.

Don't worry too much if you don't understand.
Just obey all instructions and follow commands.
Be like everybody else. Strive to have what they have.
Suppress your identity. Embrace your inner chav.
You think you've got problems? You ain't seen nuthin' yet!
Let's race to the crest of this mountain of debt.

B.P.R. 04/08/2017


Mark Gertler, Merry-Go-Round, 1916. Tate Britain.

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