I’m tethered to this
tomato-making harlequin,
as though I deserve
this form of punishment.
I didn’t even do anything
other than invent
my own form of potato masher.
What’s wrong with innovating
a new design
for starch delivery?
I think this government
has really got to get a grip
on itself and forget the politics
that brought us
to such a politically correct time.
Next thing you know, someone’s
going to be making cracks
about the Great Potato Famine
and drinking pints of Irish whiskey
as they stammer all over the floor,
filibustering for as long
as they can stand upright.
WHARVED 