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“Quietus Interruptus by Stewart Stafford I've just seen a live mugshot, A home intruder demands I know, Crack out knuckle-dusters or mace, Miscreant justice cold and slow. Should I invite him in to breakfast? Serve rich Eggs à la Pepper Spray! Thump him with my coffee mug, To end this castle siege for the day. An amateur matador from this bull fled, I see frosted breath in a neighbour’s garden, Shirked his curtain call in a magenta dawn, Not even a disingenuous “I beg your pardon!” © 2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.” — Stewart Stafford
Quietus Interruptus by Stewart Stafford
I've just seen a live mugshot,
A home intruder demands I know,
Crack out knuckle-dusters or mace,
Miscreant justice cold and slow.
Should I invite him in to breakfast?
Serve rich Eggs à la Pepper Spray!
Thump him with my coffee mug,
To end this castle siege for the day.
An amateur matador from this bull fled,
I see frosted breath in a neighbour’s garden,
Shirked his curtain call in a magenta dawn,
Not even a disingenuous “I beg your pardon!”
© 2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.