Hello Tony,
           I think the play on elephant/bumbo and pinko/David is quite a clever idea here. I´m less sure about some of the other phrases, though. In S2, for instance, why the inversion in the phrase `we together saw´? and why put `bombers´ black shadows´ on three lines? In S3 I didn´t really understand the point about the `churned body´ and the chat show hosts. This may be a reference to a tv event I missed but that´s only a guess and doesn´t help me to attach a meaning to the line. I think the final stanza was the most effective.
I hope this is useful.



Best wishes,   Mike



--- Alkuperäinen viesti ---

from pinko to david

 

the pit of the stomach

the denied moist eye

the elephantine power 

 

placard-waving at Fairford's gate we were then too late

first Gulf War we together saw

bombers' 

black 

shadows

 

no churned body for today's chat show hosts 

as elephants land again 

"Don't the soft pinkoes know it's a dun' deal?"

 

"Dun, deal?  Over my dead body it's a dun deal"

"Wake up Tony and smell the napalm."

Call us what you like but

pass us handkerchiefs

pass back our voice 

you can be Dumbo but rename us all, David

 

 

 

 

written by Tony Hillier of Swindon on 3 March 2003 on receiving the breaking news of stealth bombers creeping into Fairford RAF base UK.