Swiss Roll Limelight

I’ve got it all mapped out
How to obtain a life of fame
Fortune I’m not sure of
We can let that take care of itself

Without fail I’m going to the One Stop at eight thirty
And there, purchase a Daily Express
Along with a Swiss roll
With a strawberry jam filling

And when I walk into that One Stop
I shall beam a broad smile
Say “Good morning” and mean it
In time they will like me

I shall do this tomorrow morning
And that morrow’s morning
And even that morrow’s morning
Every morning a Daily Express and jam filled Swiss roll

I shall start off as the village whisper
“See that man. Every morning
He buys a Daily Express,
A Swiss roll and is very polite.”

And they will notice
When I am ill
On the days when I do not purchase
The tome of Beaverbrook and an Alpine sandwich

But I will not digress
From time, paper or strawberry gelatine
Let them talk about me
For they will talk

And the Pope will bury me
In a spiral coffin
And upon my tombstone will be carved
Beachcomber’s final testament.

© 2012 Clinton Morgan