home about contact
 

Markell Barfill

Listen to this one about Markel Barfill
Always going round trying to get a refill
Got himself a night job working on a cash till
In a video store that only sells Kill Bill 
Along came a guy looking for a cheap thrill
Gun in his hand, killing people at his own will
Everybody freezes and comes to a stand still
Except behind the counter Markel Barfill
Four day later there is a grand funeral 
Debating over whether it is heaven or hell
She cried enough to fill a whole bucket 
Maybe I'll exaggerate and say a hotel 
If I don't explain what happened days prior
I would not be telling this story so well

Markel Barfill had turned from the counter
Propositioned by the man with a gun in his hand
Opening his mouth to talk to Barfill 
All that came out was his crude demand

"Give me money,
Show me the money, money!
Don't you know that I'm a desperate man?
Already shot ten people on high street 
And ran down here as fast as I can"

Now rest in peace he wasn't killed by the police
The passing of wind an involuntary release
He moved too soon, there was a silence in the room
When Barflill struck the man down with a broom
The gun went off like a real live repeater
Bullet bouncing back like a golden retriever
The man who fired the shot become it's only receiver
And now he's getting buried, you can guess who's the preacher
May we all rest in peace now this feller's dead
Did any one remove my shop broom from his head
Tomorrow I must sweep up the whole store and shed
And not forget the churchyard, before I go to bed. 

I guess Markell Barfill as preacher as well
Has many more stories of woe yet to tell
In next month's version a visit from Hell
Remember just log on, to 'Butter wouldn't melt'.

Other poems