I liked tae pu the towes.
Gar things lowp till a set threid
O fancy, as ma ain devisin.

Nae Punch and Judy styte.
Na; high-falutin stuff.
Lear, Montrose, John Knox ...
Smilin as I pit them through their paces.

Fowk, nae seein the puppets keepit safe in ma wee brain box
Remarked, "Yon bairn's clean gyte."

Comes o.nae bein an activist.
Playing tin sodjers wi reality.
A peely wally passivist.

Chaiper nur a day at the picturs,
Ye've gotta allow.

Whyles, I winner.
Fa's pullin MY towe?