Poem for William Shatner

(1st Nonagenarian in Space)

I get up at 4 each morning,

put the Hoover round the Enterprise's many bathrooms,

mop all the Holodecks,

top up the dilithium crystals,

clean out the shitters in the Klingon prison wing.

The things I have seen cannot be unseen.

I'm a "senior cleaner"

on the edge of a far-flung galaxy.

Lieutenant Sulu plots a course

round my yellow wet floor signs,

boldly upholding health & safety

as we race through space and time.

B.R. 12.10.2021

Even Shat's staunchest critics couldn't help but be impressed by his "Khan do" attitude on set