Yorrick

It's almost Thursday for Hamlet
under New labour

but all kinds of things can still be discussed

because nothing is being ruled out. Diggers.

The bright yellow diggers
have made summer homes
for cows in Cumbria and entire families of sheep
have been flopped onto trestle tables
at a September jumble
that might yet save the church roof. Also,

mention the vestry
that needs insulating
or the parsonage, that is equally riddled
with vermin. Yorrick. Alas, poor Yorrick.

I'm sick to death of him. Robin Cook
describing how it feels. How it feels to be

midweek, almost Thursday, almost perfect
gravedigging under New labour.