I've road tested this one at a reading and it seemed to go down well. I'd be
interested in responses to it on the page, so to speak.

WELCOME TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE

We have decorated the slaughterhouse with geraniums,
politely requested that sense descend upon the carnage.

We have supplied for the event cocktails and nibbles
to blight the famine
invite all at dinner afterwards to eat of a third world
without conscience, for the supermarket - our caterers -
will pay them.

We will give the prize for snapshot of the year -
digital of course -
where the models in arty matt black and white will
be seen to have transcended their anorexic conditions;
people from nations that have been thoroughly cleansed
and now suitable for the drawing room will speak
the same language as us with charming accents
having lived to tell the tale.

Hell, we can now declare, is B&Q* on a Sunday - there is no limbo.

Kurt Vonnegut,the creator of time traveller Kilgour Trout,
will later host a special edition of Antiques Roadshow
with fragments of Dresden China.

Fragile empathists, who have become vegetarians
at the sight of raw meat
will hover around geranium varieties names after pacifists.

Adrian Mitchell will attend later after revisiting the Albert Hall
without a standing ovation
on and old age pension depleted by the cost of ammunition
fired with depleted uranium.

After dinner, he and many supporters from left of centre
who read the Guardian
will occupy the last Public Library to freely display banned books
from many countries and poetry by poets who did not
write about World War One.

So, welcome to the slaughterhouse - we are glad you have come -
remember though, the night is still young.

*B&Q - A UK DIY store.




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James

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