he always looked behind him scared somebody would jump him put him on the ground so he d come around to the sound of people laughing cos the whole world loved to mock him sun and moon both pointed at him kids would crick their necks to get a better view well it really did his mind in and we wanted to protect him so we placed his face in a smash proof case and placed it in the fridge they giggled in the corners whispered lies across the borders they derided him and chided him til he carried out their orders so he dashed into the limelight played at hamlet for a fortnight waved his arms and screamed demands for some respect but they just could not excuse him it was really too amusing so he packed his sack and scrambled back to safety in the fridge and i swear i saw his spirit skim the sky with nothing near it piled armour plated roller skates white feather train to steer it scared somebody would look up gesticulate and throw up send him flitting flitting scarred behind a cloud but for him there s no escaping no hole big enough to hide in best just to stay nicely out the way in safety in the fridge in the village bells were tolling in the town the dogs were howling it was armageddon tanks crashed head on planet earth was drowning then the devil sent a shower europe died in half an hour and a demon wind just finished off the rest but our friend he took a teabreak idly munching on a fish cake quite oblivious and ignorant but cozy in the fridge it s so cold there in the fridge it s so icy frosty