Poem [Richard Dawkins has had his honey confiscated]
Niall O'Sullivan

Richard Dawkins has had his honey confiscated!
I was pushing the buggy to Herne Hill Station
past countless undraped windows revealing
low glass coffee tables and kids rehearsing
on pianos cellos and violins but never guitars
when suddenly I scrolled down to a tweet that said
RICHARD DAWKINS HAS HAD HIS HONEY CONFISCATED
no child played the violin where I grew up
I got booted out of recorder class at age seven
I have been a surly drunken fool at Customs
but I have never had my honey confiscated
Oh Richard Dawkins we love you shut up

Niall O' Sullivan has performed his poetry across the UK and Europe since the late nineties. He has been a resident poet for the South Kilburn Estate and the Wimbledon Championships and has released three collections of poetry with Flipped Eye. He currently hosts London's longest running poetry open mic, Poetry Unplugged, at Covent Garden's Poetry Cafe and teaches at London Metropolitan University.