Friday nights my parents retired

at nine and I stayed up till late to see

On The Braden Beat fronted by a square

jawed Canadian. One night Jake Thackray

played his guitar and sung about

his bantam cock thrusting his attention

on wild eyed hens, hysterical turkeys,

ducks, geese and a visiting migrant swan.

I was thirteen and saw the beautiful

Peter Cook with his extravagant grey hair

say “I gather that sex can be rather fun”

but what I remember most is Jake Thackray

playing his guitar and singing about

his bantam cock thrusting his attention

on wild eyed hens, hysterical turkeys,

ducks, geese and a visiting migrant swan.

It was 1966 and after

half an hour Jake was still singing

and my testicles completed their descent and I knew

it was just for me Jake Thackray was playing

and singing. Me with an erection

wanting to thrust it's bulging attention

on wild eyed hens, hysterical turkeys,

ducks, geese and a visiting migrant swan

especially that visiting migrant swan.