In the Buff (Poetry)
11th August 2006
The pig is pictured pink and stout,
his manners coarse and lewd,
he hasn't got an overcoat
so trots round in the nude.
The elephant is large and grey
and similarly bare -
his private parts on full display
because he has no hair.
No man was ever born with clothes,
but in his natural state
he can't appear because he knows
the uproar he'll create.
Of all the sins we must beware,
why pick on nudity? -
the pig and elephant don't care,
so why on earth should we?
his manners coarse and lewd,
he hasn't got an overcoat
so trots round in the nude.
The elephant is large and grey
and similarly bare -
his private parts on full display
because he has no hair.
No man was ever born with clothes,
but in his natural state
he can't appear because he knows
the uproar he'll create.
Of all the sins we must beware,
why pick on nudity? -
the pig and elephant don't care,
so why on earth should we?