tightrope

at 7.55 this morning

the circus ran away to join me

there is a lion in the wardrobe

and in the pantry

the clown

goes

down

on the bareback rider

the seal in the bath is wearing my hat

and the elephants

have shat on the cat on the mat

my wife (always a dwarf at heart)

juggles naked for the ringmaster

who lashes her approvingly

i stagger out of bed

to shew the tightropewalkers

a thing or two.