The jury said the defendant was guilty
So the judge ruled 30 days in the klinky
If you visit the slammer
He'll be in his pyjammers
Playing a wee tune on his dinghy
The jury said the defendant was guilty
So the judge ruled 30 days in the klinky
If you visit the slammer
He'll be in his perjammers
Playing a wee tune on his dinghy
Can you hear me, I'm singing a happy ditty
To help brighten your day and get rid of the shitties
If you send me flowers
I'll just try to devour
The roses, coz others give me a rash on my dinghy
string and the dinghy
iron string dinghy full ****
strong little dung nose
I walk a fine line with this limerick thingy
So easy to fall off and break my dinghy
Intentions are good
I'd be good if I could
Gonna try real hard if another chance you gimmie
The old philosopher is at your service
To help you get through life's big circus
It ain't all that tricky
Pretend you're on a dinghy
Sailing the south seas with happiness plus
© Jack Ellison 2016
The jury said the defendant was guilty
So the judge ruled 30 days in the klinky
If you visit the slammer
He'll be in pyjammers
Playing a wee tune on his dinghy
© Jack Ellison 2015
There is an echo even now. Awakening
From haunted dreams, late in the night
A memory of a dinghy ride by starlight:
The noise of the motor reverberating
Off the coast, above the rushing waves,
Cold and damp from sea spray and rain:
Phosphorescent glittering streams in
Our passing wake arise from unknown
Depths as we skim their salty matrix:
A shoreline strewn with the debris of
That unending war: A warning to steer
Clear off, but to keep a parallel course:
Dark ragged hills like a rip in the fabric
Of a jet black sky and the ghostly white
Foam of the relentless Solomon Sea:
Speak not of crows for I have seen them
In a mist shrouded morning at Rabaraba
Where they held their nodding congress.
And Champion’s surprise at finding me
There, upon his arrival, was worth a
Hundred voyages into Anuki Country.
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