Poems of the Week

Comin’ Through the Rye

by Alex Steelsmith

If a body meets a body
Comin’ through the rye,
If a body greets a body,
Will a body die?

Chorus:
Every lassie has a laddie;
None, they say, have I.
All the lads avoid my body
Comin’ through the rye.

If a body sees a body
Comin’ down the street,
Should a body let a body
Come within six feet?

If a body meets a body
Comin’ from the well,
Can a body touch a body,
Even with Purell?

If a body meets a body
Comin’ from the town,
Will a body’s antibodies
Let a body down?