Soap and Water

Soap and water
advises a navy person
assisting recovery efforts
out Japan-way
 
Soap and water
to scrub off radiation
from vessels
 
Soap and water
an age-old remedy
in the modern age
 
(where the lucky poor
feed off dumped food –
who or what is past
the sell-by-date)
 
Soap and water
for cussing footballers
perhaps politicians too
will do the trick
 
Soap and water
like the garlic solution
to wash away our troubles
 
Soap and water
will save our women
and our children
(spare the rod)
 
Soap and water
in a time of acquisitiveness
yet another panacea
for all our ills
 
“Floating debris ‘more risky’ than radiation” (Cape Times Business Report, April 6 2011). And, one supposes, a football role model’s swearing orifice.

David Kapp, david_kapp@yahoo.com