Sebastian Schloessingk

         TEAMWORK

Bogart, she said, always talks
like he’s wearing huge braces.
Oh, wearing both kinds of braces then.
Awful, she said, if there’s an intruder
in the house somewhere, and he farts,
you overhear it. Oh, a bummer.
A double unwished whammy.
The garagiste, the MOT man,
said with filthy hands
he wanted to come back as a vicar.
Oh, be careful, you might come back
as the vicarage not the vicar.
And, said a check-out girl, each till’s
bleep pitch can be selected.
So you don’t think another
till is you. Oh, like in a loud
dance club you mean, when you don’t know
who’s talking here, who said that last
thing, you or her, ear and mouth.
Let me mention: Stalin was sometimes
called by himself or others Great Leader
And Gardener Of The People.
She said Oh, and using
ROUND-UP a bit too freely.