The Wicked Fairy At The Manger
by
U.A. Fanthorpe

My gift for the child:

No wife, kids, home;
No money sense. Unemployable.
Friends, yes. But the wrong sort �
The workshy, women, wimps,
Petty infringers of the law, persons
With notifiable diseases,
Poll tax collectors, tarts;
The bottom rung.
His end?
I think we�ll make it
Public, prolonged, painful.

Right, said the baby. That was roughly
What we had in mind.

 

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