Peter Porter
The Unfed Aphorisms
as boiling water said to steam
trial by train became the fashion
kept up by incompatibility
the Devil’s nominative muscle
sell a Porsche, be lyrical at last
the consequence of several heavy harvests
wide verandahs wait the dark
the moon encrusted in the atrium
work had spread to shadeless corridors
vocalise of birds on midday watch
Psyche gives her vote to Cinderella
laburnam transepts cross the tabby’s path
to be inscribed on pin-heads: charity
holidays with all the ferries running
corrections in green ink convince
below the salt but still above the mice
It said: You can help Us beat Them
a code was broken in the billiard room
There was nowhere to park outside Valhalla
their female orphans learned good housekeeping
a friend’s polite review outfaced
envy was found more natural than hope
sexual trooping - something for the Raj
gone from the menu, everybody’s choice
an ear in your word, the Janus joke
untiring fountains beautify the grounds.
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