Lost Property in Timaru (47)

Lost Property in Timaru (47)

1

At lost property in North Street

All the cell phones in their care

Are demolished with a hammer

After four weeks being there

Yes a month is all they give you

Five weeks is simply too late

To save your Apple iPhone

From a sad and horrid fate

A child of eleven failed to save her Samsung Blue

From the lost property lady and the police of Timaru

A hammer blow was ample to determine its new fate

In the rubbish bins provided for the local police of late

2

When they smash someone’s lost cellphone

With a hammer made of steel

Is this cause for celebration?

I am curious how they feel

Do they crack open a bottle

For another job well done?

Can such legal vandalism

Ever be construed as fun?

A child of eleven failed to save her Samsung Blue

From the lost property lady and the police of Timaru

A hammer blow was ample to determine its new fate

In the rubbish bins provided for the local police of late

3

Is the lost property lady

With a hammer rather raw

To destroy a decent cellphone

That was found four weeks before?

Why not wait a little longer

Before hammering a phone

How unusual for destruction

Be for our police to condone

A child of eleven failed to save her Samsung Blue

From the lost property lady and the police of Timaru

A hammer blow was ample to determine its new fate

In the rubbish bins provided for the local police of late

4

So what about a laptop

Or a tablet handed in

Containing honest data

Destined for the rubbish bin

And how about an iPhone

That is anything but cheap

Is the hammer lady tempted?

Is this now her phone to keep!

A child of eleven failed to save her Samsung Blue

From the lost property lady and the police of Timaru

A hammer blow was ample to determine its new fate

In the rubbish bins provided for the local police of late

The End

© Frankie Espirit