Saturday, 27 July 2013

sam the coffee man

COFFEE, TEA OR ME?
A Silly Tale of False Securities
By Izzy Ess of Target Carelessness

Selecting coffee, cream and sugar, Sam
Surprised the old dispenser by depressing
Tea, as well, with ice and artificial
Sugar.  Rumblings started coming, slow,
Then fast.  Our Sam ran out into the hall
And headed for the nearest exit and
Escaped to Elgin Avenue.  He heard
The huge explosion and did not look back,
For fear of turning salty, sweet and pure,
Until he reached the safety of the Army-
Navy Pier.  He took a running jump
And landed in the water as a cloud
Of smoke whizzed by.  The office building where
The coffee was, reduced itself to rubble
As the firemen rushed to get their hoses
Out to hose it down.  Sam swam a dozen
Blocks to Edwards Street and came ashore.
He entered Manny’s Men’s Wear.  On a credit
Card, Sam purchased a neat silken suit
Of mauve and green, with Paisleys, and some
Underwear and socks and Nike runners, eh?
Sam ran to see the hoses squirt their pressured
Water at the smoking rubble.  Some
Photographers and folks with cell phones had
Recorded everything, including Sam’s
Escape and plunge into the water from
The Army-Navy Pier.  Two Homeland, Secret
Service cops arrested Sam, when they
Had seen the pictures that went viral.  Sam
Proclaimed his innocence.  However, his
Recorded profile did contain the fact
That he had learned to build a bomb in Engineering
School at Western University,
In London, Canada.  The fact
Was found that Sam had been a rifle marksman
In Black Watch Cadets in Westdale Secondary
School, in Hamilton, Ontario.
They also found that he had learned
To tie great knots when he was in the Boy
Scouts of America, in Burlington,
Ontario.  Poor Sam was held without
A formal charge, in basements of the York
Hotel and tortured with a water board.
He did confess to trying to confuse
The old machine dispensing coffee.  Also,
He confessed to knowing how to use
A rifle, tie great knots and build a pipe
Bomb using fertilizer chemicals
And a remote controller for the detonation.
Legal beagles finally caught up
With Sam’s masked jailors.  Greedy lawyer’s name
Was Make-A-Fee and he demanded thousands
For retainer fees, but waived them when
He found that newspapers had found the story
Of our Sam and was reporting it,
As well as Make-A-Fee’s big feet and fees.
The jailors disappeared before they had
To tell exactly who they were.  Released,
Our Sam and Make-A-Fee made speeches on
The steps of Parliament, in Ottawa,
Ontario, and on the edge of Army-
Navy Pier, where Sam could demonstrate
The dive, and swim, that saved his life.  The Manny’s
Men’s Wear managers put up their advertising
Signs and did supply dry silken,
Paisley clothes for Sam and Make-A-Fee,
Who frequently was pushed into the drink.
Suffice to say, in Hudson’s Bay and Mandalay,
The tale of Sam is slammed, today.
Thai know that Sam prefers café-au-lait.

THE END

© izzy sommers, md
Welland, Canada

July 27, 2013

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