Notice of absence from Doggerel Dave
Not absent - still here!
Keep Calm and Carry On Poeming. 😂
Not absent - still here!
Keep Calm and Carry On Poeming. 😂
In a city like Sydney there has to be
Rookwood – an extremely large cemetery.
Here, and open since Victorian times,
Lie the buried plus associated shrines;
Orderly, each to their own division
In sections according to religion
Or faith. Saint Michael the Archangel,
A statue atop the Catholic chapel
Was, I understood, twice hit by lightning
And obliterated – quite frightening….
(He was the highest point, for all around
Everyone else was horizontal bound).
This time his third incarnation is safe
As a lightning conductor sustains belief.
But devoid of all tact and discretion,
I made my one and only contribution:
‘Twas “God taking the mickey” and verily
This was greeted like I’d dropped a big smelly
In a small crowded room…..
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Author:
Doggerel Dave (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: April 24th, 2024 21:21
- Comment from author about the poem: “Michael” = ‘Mickey’ - geddit? Dedicated to Andy, who prompted a memory recall…
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Thank you for the dedication Dave and the fine words of your poem. Laphroaig is on me. Cheers!
Andy
I keep my taste buds well tuned with some lesser liquid in anticipation Andy......
Now this one was wonderful, well metered and rhymed but better yet was the hook at the end. Come on now Dave if there is a God I'm sure he'd take a mickey. After all he supposedly has all other human characteristics and I would never want a god that didn't have a sense of humor.
'Course he would - he was, after all created by man in man's own image.......
Just have to be careful when and where you make that assertion, otherwise you could be sent into purdah at warp speed...
Been there a couple of times
As if to reinforce the fact that
I enjoyed my visit here .. I did guffaw several times in fact, Sir Dog ..
Thanks Neville - glad you saw a couple of sly inserts beyond the punch line.
Excellent work.
Of course, lol.
What did Micky do to deserve that? I thought that he was one of the good guys/ A fun read Dave.
Dearest Dave, verily I say unto to you, this is a beautifully crafted poem in every respect. Now I did have to google "taking the Mickey", which I had never heard before, and I think it most appropriate that God, wink wink, would annoint his favorite archangel in this most laudable way. You cheeky little devil, after my own heart!
Bella! You reunited me with my cultural roots – I didn’t even know that ‘taking the mickey’ was a piece of Cockney rhyming slang until I followed your excellent example and did the Google.
Let us continue our mutual education – with care, Bella, with care. I’ll not blame you if you sometimes go bush for a while… (I’ll save you Google this time) To go bush: Aust inf. – to disappear for a while…
My dear friend I need all the education I can get. Have a wonderful Sunday!
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