Bonkers <br />for <br />conkers <br /> <br />he takes on <br />all comers <br /> <br />his the biggest bruiser <br /> <br />soaked for several days <br />in malt vinegar <br /> <br />hardened warrior <br /> <br />smashing all <br />new comers. <br /> <br />A smasher...a shiner. <br /> <br />He calls <br />his conker <br /> <br />William <br />...the Conquerer. <br /> <br />Never forget <br />the day it died <br /> <br />squashed flat <br />by his Dad's size 9 <br /> <br />army boot. <br /> <br />Buried now <br />under the same chestnut tree <br /> <br />it came from <br /> <br />with full military honours.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/oh-1066-all-that-for-al/
