Dick wrote poetry
all his life, long ones and short ones on a range of subjects. Those
below just give a flavour:
When Zoe's shop was simply labeled LUNCHES
I used to send her flowers in great bunches.
But when she changed it to YE LUNCHEON SHOPPE
I sent her one symbolic final poppe.
The Ambassador's wife is
deaf.
The Ambassador thinks that excuses
The swear words beginning with "f"
The Ambassador frequently uses.
The above may refer to Nicholas Henderson some
time British ambassador in Washington.
Money
Talk
We have a little girl, and O,
If we should need reminder,
Our bank-books all too clearly show
How very dear we find her.
Son of great men oft
remind us
That its better on the whole
For the name they leave behind us
To have practiced birth control.
The above may refer to Randolph
Churchill on a controversial visit to Cairo in WW2.
The poet sings his regret
for the passing of winter:
My needs, all other things above,
Are oysters, poetry and love.
The strictest monk in Friday cloisters
Can have his poetry and oysters;
And I could point you many who
Can manage love and oysters too;
While love and poetry have stood
Together since before the flood.
But I have yearnings for all three,
Oysters, love and poetry;
And this is why I'm always glummer
In the summer.