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John Hegley
Bat
Bat
Bat
With torrents of abusingwhich would later feed the musing,
D.H. Lawrence tried to extricate the bat.
A vendetta and a spat,
he would continue to attack it
until batteries exhausted,
all out of flutter
the brown flitter slumped and sat.
Then, smothered up in jacket
the beast was bundled to the window
and cast out into daylight:
very bright and oh so frightful,
even in the loveliness of Florence.
Later having mated,
increasing the Italian battalion
might the released creature
forewarn a small unseeing one:
“You steer WELL CLEAR of that human being’s flat,
do you hear me?!”
© 2017, John Hegley
John Hegley
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1953)
John Hegley is one of the few poets in the UK who is likely to be recognised in the street and his poetry is just as distinctive. A poet, editor, comedian, musician, songwriter and much more, he finds poetry in the everyday and wants to put it back there. He writes for adults and children and has published nearly 20 books in a career spanning four decades. A popular performer, he appears regula...
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Bat
With torrents of abusingwhich would later feed the musing,
D.H. Lawrence tried to extricate the bat.
A vendetta and a spat,
he would continue to attack it
until batteries exhausted,
all out of flutter
the brown flitter slumped and sat.
Then, smothered up in jacket
the beast was bundled to the window
and cast out into daylight:
very bright and oh so frightful,
even in the loveliness of Florence.
Later having mated,
increasing the Italian battalion
might the released creature
forewarn a small unseeing one:
“You steer WELL CLEAR of that human being’s flat,
do you hear me?!”
Bat
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