A Nursery Crime...Georgie Porgie

Olde English nursery rhyme updated

Georgie Porgie pudding and pie
kissed the girls and made them cry,
the police were called, statements sought,
a danger deemed, he must be caught.

Within the hour he was found
roughly cuffed, punched to the ground,
put in a car, thrown in a cell,
denied a brief so he couldn't tell.

Confused and with a low IQ
Georgie knew what he would do,
and when they opened up his door
he lay there dead upon the floor.

Now the police themselves 'midst public fury,
will face a trial and a twelve man jury.

Author's Note

This is an olde English nursery rhyme dragged into the 21st century,hopefully

Reviews

[emmajoy]

What a great way to start a wet Saturdaym smiling, thinking, mooting - but, NOT daring to read other reviews! In spite of you meaning it to be funny-ha-ha, its has a cynical ring to it, a touch of truth, a touch of let's turn red riding hood into a a lady of the woods type! Thanks for the happy stance.. Happy weekend to you and your ladies.

[Gee]

Hi EmmaJ, you know me to well. Think I'll go and ruin Mary, Mary....
Hope you are well as the mini beast bites. Take care and thank you.

[emmajoy]

Know the words if not the weaver of them! Fun writ and smile-making. Not long had snow, not much of it, in fact vry pretty! Mre of the beastie later. :)

[RomaJ]

A very tragic turn of events. Which, unfortunately, given the signs of times... I don't know.

At least he wasn't accused of being a violent rapist...?

A lot of arguments and debates; going on about hot-button subjects like this.

Thank you 😊 I found it moving, provocative and maybe, triggering for some.

I also like that you kept true to the rhythm of this beloved nursery rhyme.

Nicely done.

[Gee]

Thank you..

[Izzy]

I really liked that dark humour! Nice job!

[Gee]

Thank you..

[barleygirl]

WHOA! This is so unexpected! At first I was thinking, right-on! It's true that some of these "accusations" of late seem to be executed without due process (altho there are some well-deserved castigations, too). Even tho I'm a victim of much sexual abuse in my life, I still don't like seeing the way this is going down for some of the more innocent-seeming encounters. Your poem is the perfect rebuttal, but then I got to the part where he hung himself & the tragedy of that is pretty powerful. Almost overshadows the tongue-in-cheek satire at the end! But all in all, I good ride thru the ups & downs (((HUGS))) fondly, Margie

[Gee]

Glad you enjoyed Margie. Thank you.

[Amanda Moubarak]

Wow i like it. Beautiful :)

[Gee]

Thank you Amanda

[Norah]

I really like how flowy but tight the first stanza is...it made my mind expand and constrict!

[Gee]

Thank you Norah

[Tony Jordan]

From a nursery rhyme to a common tale of establishment crime
- "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? " (who will police the police?)
We are torn between wanting to give them the powers to make us safe while putting ourselves at their mercy.
Should be published in Punch, Gee.

[Gee]

Imagine that, Gee published. More chance of me waking up having sprouted DD tits and a the old chap replaced by a pruned snatch.
Cheers mate

[Tony Jordan]

Lol - You'd defo get published then. Is the Daily Sport still available?

[Carol Cashes]

Loved, loved, loved this! You definitely updated Georgie Porgie and this is probably a true story somewheres.

I was laughing until the last two stanzas - AAAHHH!!

[Gee]

Thank you Carol

[Joshua Carl Cruz]

ha! this one nose dived into the deep, dark end. in the fourth line our hero went from mild mannered but terrible kisser to full on groping rapist with a hint of Lenny to him. I laughed and then was sad for him. poor molesterer.

[Gee]

Cheers Joshua

[csquires]

Very good. Dark... But very good. I've written a couple of similarly dark poems but wasn't sure how they'd be received on this site. I'm new you see.

[Gee]

Thank you..

[csquires]

I should have said darkly comic lol