Double your donation

Thanks for your support
to aid those around the world
who are wartorn and forlorn;
it's always on the news.

But look at this report,
each day the death toll doubles,
so please double your donation
and you'll wipe away abuse.

Thanks for what you said
to help this baby battle cancer.
Time is short on life support
and sometimes life's a bitch.

But I'm guessing that you read
that funding has been halved
so please double your donation
or I'll have to flick the switch.

Thanks for helping at the zoo
to save the vulnerable wild,
but we're in debt, they are under threat
and could be gone within a year.

I love these creatures too
and I know that they love you
so please double your donation
to make the poachers disappear.

Thanks so much but we really need
you now to raise your game.
Sign this form and sign your name
to up your flagging figure.

Your neighbours did the deed
so please double your donation.
For if you don't or if you won't
I'll gladly pull the trigger.

Inside myself

If you see me throwing shapes,
I'm not being a diva.
I probably just have disco fever
in a world where my mind escapes.

I inadvertently entertain,
whether in shops or on the train.
I nod my head but I'm unaware,
lost in a pool of soundscapes.

My fingers tap on the escalator,
I'm a throbbing synthesizer,
but none the wiser when people stare
at my unique rhythmic metadata.

You might see me rapidly blink
when my brain overspins and overthinks.
Nothing sticks at this point in time
but I might remember later.

My narrator says I need a break.
It's half-time and I'm half-awake.
But I'm still a human syntax error
and still in deep-thought overdrive.

Please don't fear, I'm comfortable here,
and the disco is about to disappear.
Imagination is my invigoration,
so just be patient, I'll be back in five.