_Rapunzel, Rapunzel,
Let down your plastic bucket …_
Next door,
Three floors up
And kind-hearted,
My American mates
Have devised a pulley system:
They feed a tough string line
Out their balcony window
And lower a bucket.
Last night it was
'Swallow' by Mary Doria Russell;
The night before
Two candles and lighters,
A torch because
The power had gone out;
The night before the night before
A block of Mainland cheese,
Gold in these parts.
No need for electrickery:
Just drop down
And haul up.
Necessity gives birth again.
--
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
http://www.bam.com.au/andrew
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