(clerihew
and P.S.)
Salman’s ‘Satanic Verses’
brought curses
from the Ayatollah
wallah.
(Runcie’s meeting with the Pope
offered equal scope).
(November,
1989)
...Or Other People Make Choices For Them
For Ceaucescu
there was no rescue;
could there be a similar shortage
of
Gorbachev?
(Christmas,
1989)