1 DECEMBER MONUMENTAL FLUCTUATIONS

AREN’T MONUMENTS MEANT TO BE PERMANENT?   

IN UTAH THE METAL MONOLITH THAT CAME FROM NOWHERE  

APPEARS TO HAVE GONE BACK THERE     

LIKEWISE THE MIGHTY WOODEN PECKER

MYSTERIOUSLY PLANTED ON A GERMAN HILLTOP    

WAS JOKINGLY OBSCENE  NOW IT’S NOWHERE TO BE SEEN      

MEANWHILE IN ENGLAND  

THE SCOTCH EGG RULED SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH FOR ALCOHOLIC ACCOMPANIMENT 

SERVES ONLY TOO WELL AS THE MONUMENT TO GOVERNMENTALITY        

HOW DO THEY COME UP WITH THIS STUFF?

DEPARTMENT STORES WHICH LOOKED DOWN ON THE HIGH STREET

NEED SHORING UP THEMSELVES     

AND NO ONE’S RUSHING TO HELP 

PHILIP GREEN THE RETAIL KING’S

NO LONGER TOPSHOP OF THE WORLD

ABSURD THAT THOUSANDS OF STAFF   

THEIR WEALTH & SELF-WORTH

DEPEND ON THE NUMBERS GAME    

WISHING THAT P.P.E. CAN BE DEVISED AGAINST THE FOREST OF FINANCIAL MARKETS    
YOURS TRULY   
THE NEWS POET