The Town 1 - REPORT

REPORT


there was a fire in the basement

and it kept on burning and burning

the fireman came to squirt his hose at it
but the basement let rip a huge fart of contempt
& the poor fireman ran back home startled
later he was found doing stomach crunches
trying to smile nonchalant at his bedroom mirror

artists came next and cried into it
they cried a really long time
but the tears seemed to soak straight thru
& disappeared somewhere far away

to the artists’ sad astonishment
the fire kept on burning
finally the critics asked them all
to move on please
worried about the psychological effect upon the children
who were already stroking their handguns in anticipation
the politician’s spokesperson
came & said it was
prob’ly best if we turned our
attention elsewhere hey have u seen the
economic growth for this quarter

but people kept on crowding around
all the rubbernecking made it quite difficult to get to work

but then a representative came around
in a red car
people thought she was gunna pour
the coke into the basement
& try to douse the fire
but instead she challenged them all
to choose their favourite taste

nearly everyone went home to put the different colas
under closer scrutiny

it still hasn’t been established
whether or not the fire has gone out