Nuns sheppard <br />their flock <br /> <br /> <br />of pre-pubescents <br />(high on hormones) <br /> <br />that deadly cocktail <br />of adolescence <br /> <br />into a school <br />production of the Shakespearean <br /> <br />play <br />they are <br /> <br />studying. <br /> <br />Now, Coriolanus <br />ain’t <br /> <br />ROMEO AND JULIET or <br />HAMLET even <br /> <br /> <br />but somehow <br />it holds <br /> <br />their riveted <br />attention. <br /> <br />The nuns look pleased <br />with themselves & <br /> <br />their girls <br /> <br />not realising <br />their young ladies <br /> <br />are struck <br />dumb <br /> <br />not by the blankness <br />of the verse but <br /> <br />that they are seeing <br />so <br /> <br />many <br />men <br /> <br />in such short <br />skirts <br /> <br />strong iron-cast legs <br />that run <br /> <br />all the way up to their <br />bums. <br /> <br />“Yum! ” <br />gloat the girls <br /> <br />“yumyuM <br />YUM! ”!<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-coal-of-iron-upon-the-ice-for-anne-b/
