Have recieved disturbing letter <br />From Hank <br />As follows: <br /> <br />Dear All <br />Misfortune has struck <br />Terrible blow <br /> <br />Fell asleep on container lorry <br />I am in Hamburg <br />German spiders not friendly to Brits <br />I fear racism is rife here <br />Have tried to blend in <br />But it’s hard to march with eight legs <br /> <br />Met a Frenchy in the Reeperbahn <br />Helps out in a transvestite bar <br />Only safe place he said <br />Whore’s and spiders <br />They don’t care <br />If you march or scuttle <br />Sooner or later the degradation has you <br />Dragging yourself around <br />On your knees <br />Hard for a spider <br /> <br />I shouldn’t end like this <br />Have tried to leave <br />But German drivers are hot on stow aways <br /> <br />I pointed out I’m only a spider <br />They snorted <br />Spiders, Albanians <br />They’ve all got the same sorry story <br />Bottom line <br />The Euro is the Euro to Germans <br /> <br />Please send fare <br />If not send cyanide tablet <br />They’ll get me soon <br />Here, they have no apathy towards foreigners <br />And I fear I’d crack under pressure <br />Or Jack boots <br /> <br />Love Hank <br /> <br />We’ve sent the fare of course.<br /><br />Nicolette Turner<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/news-from-hank/
