Long Drop

The pilot died up in the sky And no-one else knew how to fly A man tried to scoot He grabbed the last ’chute And said, “So long suckers, goodbye.” His parachute failed to unfurl His fall was a spiralling twirl Through gravity’s forces He crashed among horses One kick turned him into a girl His fall had been seen by a stranger Who rushed in and dragged him from danger He’d crashed on a trough He started to cough And bore the imprint of a manger It seems when he crashed to the floor His ears and his mouth filled with straw And when he went splat He ended up flat So now he looks like a barn door I asked the nurse what’s his position She grinned and said without contrition He came down among A load of horse dung He’s now in a stable condition