Waiting for George

Folksy, friendly. The common touch;

a touching belief in your fellow man.

Cousin to Mr Deeds,

only brother to Everymanjack

of a working stiff.

Except the stiffs aren't working.

It's all Potters in the Parliamentary

Buildings and Loan

and even Jimmy S

couldn't convince them,

those fools whose only connection

to principle is called Peter.
 

Brother can you spare a coin?

A hat full of laundromat slugs

and promises to pay

on shares in a North Sea Bubble

is the day's takings.

The only living boy in Green Park

is a broken toy soldier.

Maybe we'll all move to Hooverville

They'd better move on.

The only travelling they do is

along Sullivan's route

to the corner of Skid Row and Hell

without getting the girl

at the end.

Thanks Frank,

but no thanks,

sometimes being funny

just isn't enough

when the only comedy is divine

and only part III, at that.