Ballad of the Londoner

On the tube this week, I read one of the Poems on the Underground stuck on a poster in the carriage. It was called Ballad of the Londoner by Flecker and you can read it here. It was good, it was old but it wasn’t relevant any more. So I thought I’d put pen to paper (or finger to keyboard) and write one myself. It’s called:

Ballad of the Londoner (2007), With Apologies to the Flecker Fella.

In the Piccadilly Line carriage

Where I’m sat

I can’t tell if that woman is just fat

Or heavily pregnant and in need of my seat

For which I’d happily stand

To my destination

Final station

As long as I don’t get

Mugged or bombed

Or make eye contact with anyone