apologies in advance...

(nothing's more annoying than a poet with morals - but this erupted somehow today, and so who am I to get in the way?)


Benjamin's easel

Benjamin was a weasel
he had some paints and easel
tried to draw a beauty
—but it just came out evil

Benny was agog
he never seen such fright
he stuck a knife right through his painting
and wailed throughout the night

Benjy was a jerk
he spat and shirked his work
he called in sick and hit the bricks
til everything just burst

B-spot was alone
sat by the phone and moaned
‘I am good, so give me food’
but the bank refused his loan

B-Jam ate canned beans
thought up crazy schemes
he made wishes, washing dishes
in his head he dreamed

Benjamin’s a friend
inside of all men
but we kick him and we punch him
we don’t like what he pretends

He forces us to think
which drives some folk to drink
better one man sinks, so the rest don’t think
‘bout how everything just stinks.

So, repeat after me:
Benjamin was a weasel
he had some paints and easel
tried to draw a beauty
—but it just came out evil.