Frankenstein.

Because he’s so tall and big
and lumbering, takes his time,
all the kids in the playground
call him Frankenstein.

It’s true he has bony ridges
where normally eyebrows are
and in a conversation
his favourite phrase is ‘Er…?’

And it’s true his legs are very long
but do not seem to bend
and the way he looks, sadly,
means he’s never had a friend.

But though his hands are sausages
and his face heavily bonced, the
kids shouldn’t call him Frankenstein
but Frankenstein’s Monster.

2002 © A F Harrold