' Times Supplement' Poem by shimon weinroth

I had been reading the
literary supplement
if I were an anthropologist or social apologist
I'd find it possible to assimilate
their adverts and perverts

and all the other mixed up beings
and jelly beans, Mexican jumping beans
Pythagorean beans and more beans
we have tasted beans of knowledge,

had I discarded and littered the garden
no beanstalk would have sprouted,
Oh, Jack the Giant what the hell
it's only recycled paper