November verse 6

6. On the Belvoir Street Theatre production of
Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita

Pontius Pilate chats with Jesus
Satan's crew puts on a show
of magic that astounds and pleases.
Heads are torn off – it's Moscow
in Stalin's time, plus naked witches,
lots of bodies without britches.
One leaps out into the street
bold as brass but less discreet.
'The worst sin is to be a coward.'
The man who wrote this rampant tale
risked more than just a night in gaol.
A message for us all post-Howard:
be bold, have fun, don't hesitate, 
and if you write poems they don't have to rhyme or scan.