W.P.C. Marjorie Cox
brave as a lion
bright as an ox
is above all else, a girl.
Large of bosom
soft of curl.
Keeps in her dainty vanity case
diamanté handcuffs, trimmed with lace,
a golden whistle, a silken hanky,
a photograph of Reg Bosanquet
(signed: ‘To Marjorie, with love’),
a truncheon in a velvet glove.
W.P.C. Marjorie Cox
cute as a panda
in bobby sox.
Men queue to loiter with intent
for the pleasure of an hour spent
in her sweet custody.