Daniel

Hi, thisismycouncil@mycouncil.gov.uk

Please pass on my congratulations to the new director

for receiving approval for her latest restructure

and tell her I am delighted that as an interim measure

she’s commissioned me, an ice statue

of an engaged citizen sending the council an email.

 

Sadly, some people have started throwing stones at me,

complaining I don’t actually do anything to help

those who actually do anything to help

poverty, world-wide extinctions, the long summers.

I urge you to respond with electorally responsible measures.

 

I have taken note of all the perks in my zero hours contract,

including a severance payment if I see out the Spring –

we all know that’s unlikely; so, please send a list

of private contractors who might have another use for me,

my shattered torso, my increasingly watery limbs.

 

When the director’s been promoted and the next new director

is ready to announce another restructure, may I suggest

installing a giant cake you can both display and eat,

or a wheel that still spins though the hamster’s deceased?

Yours sincerely, The ice statue slipping slowly from the plinth in the park.

 

2010