Poems of the Week

Congratulations!

by Ruth S. Baker

“Michael Leech, from Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, has been named the UK bus driver of the year…
‘To be told I’d won really was a dream come true. I take a lot of pride in my job, so it’s nice to be recognised. I was excited to learn I’d won £4,100 prize money, too. I celebrated with a cup of tea with my wife.’”
The Guardian

Some winners go for pink champagne or buy a robe of pima.
Some others book a dinner at that restaurant in Lima.
A third group favor truffles with George Clooney on the beach;
“I had a cuppa with my wife,” discloses Michael Leech.

Jeff Bezos? All of Venice is required to pleasure him in.
Musk fancies Mars. For Trump, it’s blasting boats and cursing women.
The tyrants of the world all vie to magnify their reach,
But personally I prefer the choice of Michael Leech.