Moris Bishop



The Immoral Arctic

The Eskimo, explorers state,
Little regards the marriage vow,
Lightly the bride decieves her mate.
It makes you sort of wonder how.

Come forth, my love; the Northern Light
Wavers in glory o'er the snow;
We'll dedicate to love this night.
It's only forty-five below.

Your husband in the igloo snores,
Heedless of love's adventures,
Come forth to God's great out-of-doors!
You'd better bring all your furs.

And it will be sufficient bliss
To sit and drink your beauty in.
I dare not kiss you, for the kiss
Is likely to remove the skin.

The Eskimo's incontinence
Is what explorers make report of.
I don't contest the evidence;
But still, it makes you wonder, sort of.

The Perforated Spirit

The fellows up in Personnel,
They have a set of cards on me.
The sprinkled perforations tell
My individuality.

And what am I? I am a chart
Upon the cards of IBM;
The secret places of my heart
Have little secrecy for them.

It matters not how I may prate,
They punch with punishments my scroll.
The files are masters of my fate
They are the captains of my soul.

Monday my brain began to buzz;
I was in agony all night.
I found out what the trouble was:
They had my paper clip too tight.


Related reading: Invictus by William E Henley.