The crocodile said to the cockatoo:
Cockatoo,
A croc’s gotta do
What he’s gotta do
The crocodile said to the chimpanzee:
Chimpanzee,
I want to be free
The jungle jangles not for me
The crocodile said to the mosquito:
Mosquito,
I must quit, oh,
I must admit, I just must go
The crocodile said to the koala bear:
Koala bear,
What are you doing up there?
You should be in Australia
The crocodile said to the parakeet:
Parakeet,
I’m stifled by this steamy heat
How I long to loll on a stone-cold street
The crocodile said to the alligator:
Alligator,
À l’heure, alligator, mate,
See you at a later date
The crocodile said to the piranha:
Piranha,
I leave for London mañana
Disguised as a giant banana
The crocodile said to the hippopotamus:
Sharon,
Give my love to Karen,
Gary, Wayne and Darren
Dear Mother
London cold Earth hard
Buildings giant into sky
To and fro menwo scarry
as if time on fire
At great noise cars speed
trailing bad breath
Crocodile keep to gutter
where slidder undisturbed
Dear Mother
Prisons underground
for rats are many found
Cats and dogs cowed
kowtow to menwo
Birds are not radiant
nor celebrate lives in song
Are pavement-coloured
and scream
Dear Mother
During daylight sightsee See
sights for sore eyes
See eyesores soar
So far have sightseen
Buckingham Palace Tower
Bridge Houses of Parliament
Yesterday went to Madame Tussaud’s
and ate lots of famous people
Dear Mother
Night is best Moonlight
become crocodile
Stars dance in scales
asa hunting go
Late home-returner
beware puddle that move
Beware reflection that salivate
Moonlight that become crocodile
Dear Mother
Arched in pain
on pavement
Throat dry
as parchment
Parched
thirst saharan
Water water
sting of carbreath
Dear Mother
London hard Earth cold
Too tired now to hunt meat
Eat Coke cans McDonald’s cartons
Kentucky fried chicken boxes
Water is black Like swallowing
putrid snake Cannot see
Tongue is swollen Head is burning
Tomorrow crocodile return home
Kentucky fried snake
home is cold carton
chicken is swollen water
mother is putrid meat
earth is dear
coke is hard
McDonald’s is tired now
head is black box
tongue is swallowing
London is burning
crocodile cannot see
tomorrow