Saturday, October 12, 2013

Miss Larkin: Poet Laureate

Philip Larkin Holidaying on Sark 1955 

MISS LARKIN:
POET LAUREATE
_________

Hatchet-faced Thatcher—
And the lion-faced Queen
Called me yesterday

John Betjeman was dead—
And the British Empire was
In need of a Poet again

A Poet Laureate desperately—
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!
(It was a collect call)

Britannia was simply shocked—
When I told them to fuck off
“Pick the Yorkshire Killer instead!!!”




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