Derbyshire Desires (High Passions In High Peak)

"Revenge is a dish best served with new season asparagus, Hollandaise sauce and a chilled Sancerre..."

- Keith Keighley, acid skiffle musician and Professor of Psychogeography at the University of Langley Mill

 

 

 

Marie

I was the king of the water ski

But she accused me of showboating.

I had to slay her at sea

Then add a crumb-crisp coating.

I think fondly of sweet Marie -

Her memory keeps refloating.

 

 

Bess

When we hooked up she was a mess.

We shacked up for a while in Shottle.

With each passing day I loved her less,

With her neck just like a turkey's wattle.

She had the face of a goddess

And the kind of neck men love to throttle.

 

 

Edith

Now I am with Miss Chapel-en-le-Frith

But it's not been going so well.

I wouldn't trust her near a cliff...

From here the wound will fit with the story I shall tell.

Darling, don't mind being consigned to the fiery pit of hell -

It's not so far away, beneath "tart town" Bakewell.

 

B.R. 03/05/2013

 

 

 

View of Chapel-en-le-Frith from Castle Naze