HUGE BLACK BULLET
Farmers in gaiters looked up from their digging
Sailors in bell-bottoms watched from the rigging
Dons in their dinner suits choked on their egg
When the huge black bullet landed
Fey window dressers fumbled their frocks
Men from the Ministry registered shocks
Tall executioners leant on their blocks
When the huge black bullet landed
Cavalry officers out on fatigues
The elves who make boots that can walk seven leagues
The lovers of Dresden turned off Arthur Negus
When the huge black bullet landed
The glass—blower’s clerk laid down his crucibles . Don’t be silly!
The carpenter’s lackey put down his new plane (that’s more like it)
The toffs watched from seats on the Paddington train
The chef dropped his pudding and cried out in pain
When the great big
Coal black
Horrible
Beastly
Huge black bullet landed.
And that’s why I’m late for my first day at work— The huge black bullet landed.