I have it on good authority...

I have it on good authority
that before she moved in
she had the house networked
in readiness for eight computers;

That she microwaved a circuit board
longer than was necessary
to destroy the components,
because the sparks were so pretty;

That for similar aesthetic reasons
she sprinkles hundreds and thousands
on spaghetti and watches
the psychedelic display;

That she knows how to use a knife;
is preparing for the millennium
with a sack of rice, water purification
tablets, an all-fuel stove, and a shotgun;

That she searches for extraterrestrial
inteligence, and when she does her
3am shop at the all-night supermarket,
takes along the children she fathered, for the ride.

-- Peter Howard

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