portrayed in black face
, singing disco tunes like
litigation lawyers might attempt
in a settlement conference.
Le Freak, for example
, or some other quasi-French
abomination, such as "Creole
Anthrax Ripple on Speed."
Brrrrrrrrrring! went Sherlock’s alarm
, though not loudly enough
to awake John, lying
dead on the floor
in a puddle of
the arcane seven percent
proof rum favoured by
Discriminating pirates the world
over (except in Estonia).
In Tallinn they quaff
vodka martinis - shaken, not
violently. Just enough to