It’s snowing out
streets are thiefproof
A wind that blows
straight up yer nose
no messin
A night
not fit to be seen with a dog
out in
On the corner
P.C. Plod (brave as a mountain lion)
passes the time of night
with a pillar box
‘What’s 7 times 8 minus 56?’
he asked mathematically
The pillar box was silent for a moment
and then said
nothing
‘Right first time,’
said the snowcapped cop
and slouched off towards Bethlehem
Avenue