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Ziggy the Magnificent


Great Moyogi, Lord and Master,
Watches over his domain
From his vantage point
On the Victorian mantelpiece.

In the dining room,
His servants are allowed
To finish their meal.
In a moment they will collect him.

Down on the carpet,
A pair of green eyes glow.
In the darkness of her sleek black body,
Molly looks up at him from the edge of Hell.

Down leaps the master
In pursuit of the Infidel.
The black she-devil
Who presumes on his benevolence.

The barbarian horde
Gallops across the domestic landscape,
Scattering the ornaments
And tangling to tablecloth.

The master has assumed his disguise.
Red Eyed Bill is on the loose!
Eyes bulge wide. Ears lay flat.
The Molly Cat makes a dash for the garden.

He’s strong and powerful
Is Red Eyed Bill.
His right cross fells poor Molly,
Who dives for cover with a piteous squeak.

The contest won, the victor returns
To his favourite bush by the fence.
Mum opens the fridge to look for chicken.
And Ziggy comes ambling home again.

07th September 1999

 



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