Glad To Be A Dalek
I’m not your average Dalek,
You know the sort I mean,
All bent on domination;
Giving vent to all that spleen.
I like to think I’m different
From other Dalek crew,
Who keep emotions hidden
While exterminating you.
I don’t agree with killing,
With plans to subjugate.
The Universe is lovely
And I find it hard to hate.
In fact, I’ve got my own plan;
I’m working from within!
I’m teaching other Daleks
How to knit and sew and spin.
I run a secret workshop
Where Daleks can relax
And find their inner Dalek;
Get the monkey off their backs.
We try to be creative;
To make things, not destroy.
I run a Dalek choir
Learning Ludwig’s ‘Ode To Joy’.
So if you see a Dalek
In homeknit wool poncho,
Don’t run off in a panic,
Come across and say ‘Hello!’
Jonathan Humble is a deputy head teacher in Cumbria. His poetry has appeared in The Big Issue In The North, Poems For Freedom, The Caterpillar Magazine, Lighten Up Online and on BBC Radio 4 and Radio Cumbria. Through TMB Books, he has published a collection of his stuff entitled My Camel’s Name Is Brian.