Smash and Grab at
Timaru Police Station (45)
1
How come the Police in Timaru
After a month but never two
Smash cell phones brought in as
lost
No matter what the cellphone cost
What crazy protocol is this?
Who strikes the fatal blow that
is!
A station hammer quick and fast
For them no need to feel aghast
Maybe it is the counter-staff
that strike the fatal blow
What evidence do they retain I
would so like to know
That what is fair to vandalise is
not sold on the cheap
As cell phones handed in are seen
as just too hot to keep
2
My poor grand-daughter shed a
tear
When her Samsung failed to appear
A hammer blow I do believe
At Timaru lost property
The police claim innocence of
course
They would prefer not to use
force
But four weeks is quite long
enough
For children who misplace their
stuff
Perhaps it is the counter-staff
that strike the fatal blow
What evidence do they retain I
would so like to know
That what is fair to vandalise is
not sold on the cheap
As cell phones handed in are seen
as just too hot to keep
3
But wait a minute, it’s three
months
Before they auction-off lost
stuff
Three months before the crucial
day
That our lost stuff is sent away
But only four weeks for a cell
Before they smash it anyhow
How odd to crush a phone to death
Such violence takes away my
breath
Perhaps it is the counter-staff
that strike the fatal blow
What evidence do they retain I
would so like to know
That what is fair to vandalise is
not sold on the cheap
As cell phones handed in are seen
as just too hot to keep
4
My grand-daughter is young and
shy
Four weeks to her soon passes bye
She left it just a week too late
Before her phone met such a fate
Lost property, what can they say?
Do they get high on hammer day?
Where did they learn to vandalise
The cell phones that they despise
Perhaps it is the counter-staff
that strike the fatal blow
What evidence do they retain I
would so like to know
That what is fair to vandalise is
not sold on the cheap
As cell phones handed in are seen
as just too hot to keep
The End
© Frankie Espirit
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