[Richard G]

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Small note: 'bizzies' - police (slang, mainly Liverpool)
...................'awaked' - vernacular (Dorset)


V2
............Incident at Cabber Nase


It was done in the night when the moonlight allowed
............you to see, while remaining unseen.
A figure incised on the slope of a hillside,
............a glyph in the chalk and the green.

And then, with the dawning that carving, unwarmed
............by the sun, set the whole town ablaze.
The Mayoress despaired, "Who would dare put that there?
............It's clearly not Art, but depraved."

"He is primitive, crude and quite visibly nude!"
............the bartender opened the tap.
"That's really a prize," the new publicist sighed,
............"and is sure to put us on the map."

"However it happened," the dry cleaner reckoned,
............"it's bound to come out, by and by."
"I don't understand. What is that in his hand?"
............They all heard the muezzin cry.

"It must have been aliens." This from a layman.
............"And cut with a gravity knife."
A timorous lady left holding the baby, wheezed
............"I've had the fright of my life."

"Is that a koteka? I wonder," a scholar
............considered. "It looks like a gourd."
A mariner swayed, "This is bound to make waves.
............I think someone's gone overboard."

"It's wibbly, it's wobbly, it's crinkly and knobbly."
............A poet presumed to orate.
"Oh, give us a break, mate. I'm barely awaked,"
............the courier snarled, running late.

A pharmacist pensively paused while dispensing,
............"I fear this won't go down too well."
The plumber stood flushing and then began gushing,
............"I've given the bizzies a bell."

The local MP hissed, "Nobody must see this,
............this blot on our beautiful town."
The vicar agreed, "I would like to believe
............that whatever goes up will come down."

"That measure won't cut it," assayed the surveyor.
............"Now, fetch me the one from the crate."
"You're worried by size? And, I do empathise,"
............a therapist chose to relate.

"I'm sure," a solicitor nodded and whispered,
............"that where there's a way there's a will."
"I have done a bit, yes" the mohel admitted.
............"For this, though, I don't have the skill."

"Great guns!" shot the Colonel, "I've travelled the world
............but really they've gone much too far."
As losing momentum, a pensioner went on,
............"So, why does it look so familiar?"

The hygienist spat out, "Whoever did that
............they would certainly seem to have clout."
"I can't," an optician saw fit to confess then,
............"see what all the fuss is about."



As the morning progressed so increased the distress.
............While the townsfolk all gathered to gawk
their children in bathrooms, in kitchens and cloakrooms
............were carefully washing off chalk.




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............Incident at Cabber Nase


It was done in the night when the moonlight meant
............you could see, yet be unseen.
A figure incised high on a hillside,
............there, in the chalk and green.

And then, with the dawning, that carving, unwarmed
............by the sun, set the town ablaze.
"Who dare put that there?" the Mayoress despaired.
............"That isn't art, but depraved."

"It must have been aliens." This from a layman.
............"And cut with a gravity knife."
A timorous lady, clutching her baby, wheezed,
............"I've had the fright of my life."

"His eyes, they're following," a florist was hollering,
............"me. Wherever I go."
"Oh, those aren't its eyes," the butcher advised.
............"And petal, trust me, I'd know."

"Is that a koteka?" pondered the scholar.
............"I wonder. It could be a gourd."
A trawlerman cried out, "Man the lifeboat!
............Somebody's gone overboard."

"It's wibbly wobbly, crinkly and knobbly."
............A poet presumed to orate.
"I'm barely awaked, so give us a break,"
............the courier snarled, running late.

"He's primitive, crude and the blighter is nude."
............A critic opined to the Mail.
"I don't understand. What is that in his hand?"
............They all heard the muezzin wail.

"If I get my mitts on 'em," yawned a nightwatchman,
............"I'll give those who did this a slap."
"He's really a prize," the publicist sighed,
............"and sure to put us on the map."

A pharmacist, pensive, paused while dispensing,
............"This won't go down too well."
The plumber stood flushing and then began gushing,
............"I've given the bizzies a bell."

"I'm sure," a solicitor nodded and whispered,
............"that where there's a way there's a will."
"I have done a bit," the mohel admitted,
............"for that, though, I don't have the skill."

"This measure won't cut it," assayed the surveyor.
............"Now, fetch me the one from the crate."
"You're worried by size? I do empathise,"
............a therapist chose to relate.

"However it happened," the dry cleaner reckoned,
............"it's sure to come out, by and by."
An old veterinarian's counsel was caution,
............"It's best to let thingummies lie."

"Great guns!" shot the Colonel, "I've travelled the world
............but this is a step too far."
As losing momentum, a pensioner went on,
............"Something about it's familiar."

"Do think of the children," pealed a beautician,
............"and all of their malleable minds."
"What's worse," swore a nurse, "this sunlight's a curse."
............Reflecting, "Some mite could go blind."

The local MP hissed, "No-one must see this
............blot on our beautiful town."
The vicar agreed, "I'd like to believe
............that what'll come up'll come down."

"Whoever did that," the hygienist spat,
............"would certainly seem to have clout."
"I can't," an optician made a confession,
............"see what the fuss is about."


As morning progressed so grew the distress
............the townsfolk gathered to gawk;
their children in bathrooms, kitchens and cloakrooms
............carefully washing off chalk.



...................And, for those that need a visual
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/vis...et/cerne-giant


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