A man said
to me
“Excuse me Sir, could
you lend me 50p?”

Whilst stabbing him in
the eyes
with a rusty nail
that I found in
my pocket, I replied

“But you’d never give it
back, you lying bastard”
And as I walked back to
my car
I thought

if he’d only
asked
for the money, I’d
have happily
complied

Amended 12 January 1997, 10 April 1997, 27 Apil 2001