Murphy and the Bricks

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1

Dear Sir I write this note 

to you to tell you of my blight
for at this time of writing 

I am not a pretty sight
my body is all black and blue 

my face a deathly grey
and I write this note to say 

why Paddy's not at work today.

4

So when I untied the rope 

the barrel fell like lead
and clinging tightly to the rope 

I started up instead
I shot up like a rocket 

till to my dismay I found
that half way up I met 

the bloody barrel coming down.

7

The force of this collision 

half way up the office block
caused multiple abrasions 

and nasty state of shock
still clinging tightly to the rope 

I fell towards the ground
and landed on the broken bricks 

that were all scattered round.

2

I was working on the fouteenth floor 

some bricks they had to clear
to throw them down from such a height 

was not a good idea 
the foreman wasn't very pleased 

he'd been an akward thug
he said I had to cart them down 

the ladder in my hand.

5

The barrel broke my shoulder 

as to the ground it sped
and when I reached the top 

I banged the pulley with my head
I hung on tightly numb with shock 

from this almighty blow
and the barrel spilled out half the bricks 

fourteen floors below.

8

I lay there moaning on the ground 

I thought I'd passed the worst
when the barrel hit the pulley wheel 

and then the bottom burst
a shower of bricks ran down on me 

I hadn't got the hope
as I lay there bleeding on the ground 

I let go the bloody rope.

3

Now carring all these bricks by hand 

it was so very slow
so I hoisted up the barrel 

and secured the rope below
but in my haste to do the job 

I was to blind to see
that a barrel full of building bricks 

was heavier than me.

6

Now when these bricks had fallen 

from the barrel to the floor
I then outweighed the barrel 

and so started down once more
still clinging tightly to the rope 

my body raked with pain
when half way down I met 

the bloody barrel once again.

9

The barrel then was heavier 

and started down once more
and landed right across me 

as I lay upon the floor
it broke three ribs and my left arm 

and I can only say 
that I hope you'll understand why Paddy's not at work today ....

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