Poem
Adrian Mitchell
STUFFERATION
STUFFERATION
STUFFERATION
Lovers lie around in itBroken glass is found in it
Grass
I like that stuff
Tuna fish get trapped in it
Legs come wrapped in it
Nylon
I like that stuff
Eskimos and tramps chew it
Madame Tussaud gave status to it
Wax
I like that stuff
Elephants get sprayed with it
Scotch is made with it
Water
I like that stuff
Clergy are dumbfounded by it
Bones are surrounded by it
Flesh
I like that stuff
Harps are strung with it
Mattresses are sprung with it
Wires
I like that stuff
Carpenters make cots of it
Undertakers use lots of it
Wood
I like that stuff
Cigarettes are lit by it
Pensioners are happy when they sit by it
Fire
I like that stuff
Dankworth’s alto is made of it, most of it,
Scoobeedo is composed of it
Plastic
I like that stuff
Apemen take it to make them hairier
I ate a ton of it in Bulgaria
Yoghurt
I like that stuff
Man-made fibres and raw materials
Old rolled gold and breakfast cereals
Platinum linoleum
I like that stuff
Skin on my hands
Hair on my head
Toenails on my feet
And linen on my bed
Well I like that stuff
Yes I like that stuff
The earth
Is made of earth
And I like that stuff
From: Greatest Hits
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd., Newcastle
In the audio recording of this poem, made at the Poetry International Festival in 1983, Adrian Mitchell omits a stanza.
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd., Newcastle
Adrian Mitchell
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1932 - 2008)
“Joyous, acrid and demotic tumbling lyricist Pied Piper determinedly singing us away from catastrophe.” (Angela Carter)
Dubbed the Shadow Poet Laureate in 2003 by Red Pepper magazine, Adrian Mitchell has been one of the most exciting popular voices in British poetry for almost half a century. He passed away just days before Christmas 2008, marking the end of an incredibly prolific, and political...
Dubbed the Shadow Poet Laureate in 2003 by Red Pepper magazine, Adrian Mitchell has been one of the most exciting popular voices in British poetry for almost half a century. He passed away just days before Christmas 2008, marking the end of an incredibly prolific, and political...
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STUFFERATION
Lovers lie around in itBroken glass is found in it
Grass
I like that stuff
Tuna fish get trapped in it
Legs come wrapped in it
Nylon
I like that stuff
Eskimos and tramps chew it
Madame Tussaud gave status to it
Wax
I like that stuff
Elephants get sprayed with it
Scotch is made with it
Water
I like that stuff
Clergy are dumbfounded by it
Bones are surrounded by it
Flesh
I like that stuff
Harps are strung with it
Mattresses are sprung with it
Wires
I like that stuff
Carpenters make cots of it
Undertakers use lots of it
Wood
I like that stuff
Cigarettes are lit by it
Pensioners are happy when they sit by it
Fire
I like that stuff
Dankworth’s alto is made of it, most of it,
Scoobeedo is composed of it
Plastic
I like that stuff
Apemen take it to make them hairier
I ate a ton of it in Bulgaria
Yoghurt
I like that stuff
Man-made fibres and raw materials
Old rolled gold and breakfast cereals
Platinum linoleum
I like that stuff
Skin on my hands
Hair on my head
Toenails on my feet
And linen on my bed
Well I like that stuff
Yes I like that stuff
The earth
Is made of earth
And I like that stuff
From: Greatest Hits
In the audio recording of this poem, made at the Poetry International Festival in 1983, Adrian Mitchell omits a stanza.
STUFFERATION
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