‌Jeff

Beneath the slab lies Geoffrey Or at least a bit

Atop inscribed an epitaph Upon which is writ

Here lies Geoffrey’s ear Kneel

Place a finger in here (A hole)

Shout (Holler)

Cheer cheer cheer

And on the third it’s clear A sheep will appear.

But beware!

The visitors at once pronounce

‘What fun! A sheep in here While we’re here

Too.

So avant-garde, surreal, nouveau We must have a go.’

So secretly, people, holiday people, happy normal people, people out for fun, a weekend break, children too, no scruples, while no one is looking

Kneel Insert And shout

‘Three cheers for Geoffrey Hip hip hooray,

Hip hip hooray, Hip hip hooray

And with no ceremony, thunderclap, delay Indeed no

Sheep

Instead they cannot hear a peep They are rendered irreversibly deaf.

They scream and run left ‘I’m ill or in a dream’

Or right

‘It would seem.’

When through the Tannoy Just sufficient to annoy the other visitors Whispers

‘Tis the curse of mutton Jeff Cockney rhyming slang for deaf.’

August 2025