PoemPorridge
Author / PoetSpike Milligan
TagsLondon

Why is there no monument
To Porridge in our land?
If it’s good enough to eat,
It’s good enough to stand!

On a plinth in London
A statue we should see
Of Porridge made in Scotland
Signed, “Oatmeal, O.B.E.”
(By a young dog of three)

Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan
16 Apr 1918 - 27 Feb 2002
Region: British, Northern Europe
Period: Contemporary
Movement: Absurdist Comedy
Awards: British Comedy Award

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