Jeff Hilson
THE WOGAN POEM
now we are in a wogan economy wogan is always lending me money its quite simple in a minute wogan will contact me & with my wogan money I will buy a white knight condenser tumble dryer thanks wogan I am always recommending you to my friends I love to borrow money from wogan dont have a kindle? its quite simple in a minute wogan will contact me & I will buy a small brown suede-effect ottoman I love to borrow money from wogan because wogan is my favourite lender with my wogan money I will buy a babyliss essential bikini trimmer I dont think I will buy a discovery channel digital metal detector now we are in the wogan economy I will buy a hostess retro portable silver food warmer I dont think I will buy a varta indestructible led torch wogan is my favourite lender he asks me how much money I want thanks wogan I am always recommending you to my friends dont have a kindle? its quite simple in a minute wogan will contact me & I will buy an indesit silver undercounter fridge I dont think I will buy an aerolatte stainless-steel milk frother I feel well informed by wogan he is always lending me money I agree his service is easy to use I can always change my mind look I just bought a discovery channel digital metal detector I didnt buy a white knight condenser tumble dryer I swear I would be lost If I didnt have wogan wogan is always lending me money its quite simple in a minute wogan will contact me & with my wogan money I will buy a sentry jumbo fire & waterproof safe dont have a kindle? its quite simple in a minute wogan will contact me I cant see what the problem is I love to borrow money from wogan wogan is my favourite lender with my wogan money I will buy a challenge xtreme orbital sander thanks wogan I am always recommending you to my friends its quite simple I will buy a challenge xtreme impact garden shredder because wogan is my favourite lender everyone knows what their getting into I cant see what the problem is dont have a kindle? its quite simple in a minute wogan will contact me & I will buy a mr & mrs cut out photo frame I will not buy a set of raymond van barnevald super star darts now we are in the wogan economy I can always change my mind look I just bought an aerolatte stainless-steel milk frother I didnt buy a small brown suede-effect ottoman sometimes I am in a hurry naturally he asks me how much money I want & I buy a partytime by sekonda stoneset watch its quite simple sometimes I am in a hurry & I love to borrow money from wogan wogan is always lending me money thanks wogan I am always recommending you to my friends dont have a kindle? its quite simple in a minute wogan will contact me I cant see what the problem is look I just bought a living antibacterial shower curtain I can safely say I bought a bissel cleanview deep clean carpet cleaner I always turn to wogan he really does what he says he will do its quite simple he says he will lend me money & now we are in the wogan economy I will buy a frost-resistant heron pond guard thanks wogan I am always recommending you to my friends because wogan is my favourite lender I can safely say I will buy a white knight condenser tumble dryer I can safely say I will buy a staywell small two-way pet door I don’t think I will buy a parker high-back managers chair dont have a kindle? its quite simple in a minute wogan will contact me I cant see what the problem is everyone knows what their getting into I can always change my mind look I just bought a small brown suede-effect ottoman I didnt buy a living antibacterial shower curtain I always turn to wogan he really does what he says he will do its quite simple he says he will lend me money I love to borrow money from wogan wogan is always lending me money now we are in the wogan economy I will buy a davina mccall vinyl dumbbell set I dont think I will buy an oversink kitchen organiser sometimes I am in a hurry he asks me how much money I want & I buy a stylophone pocket electronic organ thanks wogan I am always recommending you to my friends dont have a kindle? its quite simple in a minute wogan will contact me & I will buy a deluxe aluminium self-propelled wheelchair I dont think I will buy a no! no! hair classic hair remover now we are in the wogan economy I can always change my mind look I just bought an aerolatte stainless-steel milk frother I didnt buy a bissel cleanview deep clean carpet cleaner wogan is crystal clear he urges me to think carefully sometimes I am in a hurry he asks me how much money I want & I buy a david & goliath I love nerds retro messenger bag it is in my best interest to buy a 3 arm freestanding towel rail not a 59 bottle wine chiller it is in my best interest to buy a hygena milan space saver table not a my little pony tilt ‘n’ turn scooter it is in my best interest to buy a white knight condenser tumble dryer not a celestron powerseeker reflector telescope
Copyright Jeff Hilson 2014
Jeff Hilson’s publications include
stretchers (2006, Reality Street), Bird bird (2009, Landfill) and In The
Assarts (2010, Veer Books). He also edited The Reality Street Book of Sonnets
(2008, Reality Street). Work from an ongoing sequence called “Organ Music” has
appeared in VLAK, Open Letter, Painted, Spoken, Infinite Editions and Cambridge
Literary Review as well as from Crater Press. In 2013 a selection of writing
appeared in Jacket 2’s Contemporary English Poetry and North American
Influences feature. He teaches Creative Writing at Roehampton University, London and
runs the reading series Xing the Line.