Come Again Next Year (Poetry)

‘Hello, hello — it’s
good to see you all
we hope you’re having
a marvellous time
and enjoy the show

Tonight we have an
all-star line-up of
acts that will amaze
and amuse — the best
our management could

cobble together
at short notice — what
with Equity on
strike and the state of
the economy ...

I’ve had to cut back
on my expenses
and share digs with a
Dutch clog dancer from
Weston-super-Mare

Sad but true. So now
without more ado
I present to you
Tim the Wonder Dog ...
(Here boy — break a leg!’)