Dear Old Guy (CTG)

[ChrisGeorge]

Guy Fawkes by George Cruikshank (1792-1878)

Dear Old Guy

A bit of childhood fun,
to dress up a dear old Guy
and burn him on a bonfire
amid bangers and skyrockets:

a yearly whoop-up--whoopie!--
born of religious intolerance,
innocuous really, whether today
with trilby or a mock mitre

though with a barbwire kiss
thugs might drag a Guy
from his doorway swill
and set him alight. Poor Guy.

Christopher T. George

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[pablo42]

Nice one Chris.

[ChrisGeorge]

Thanks, Pablo and hmtmaj.

Chris

[pablo42]

I look a little like the guy on a saturday.