Dreaming And The Cosmic Joke Poem by John Thorkild Ellison

I dreamt last night the world had changed
And everything was rearranged,

That Gordon Brown in his despair
Had sold his soul to Tony Blair,

That Putin made a vow of peace
And said the KGB must cease,

And Benedict, the Panzer Pope,
Was cottaging and smoking dope.

I dreamt Madonna became a nun,
Saying fame and riches were no fun,

Bob Dylan said he'd had enough
And all his lyrics were just bluff,

While Michael Jackson was a saint
Whose love of children was so quaint.

I dreamt that Poverty and War
Had left the world for evermore,

That Happiness now ruled instead
Of all the tears that Man had shed,

But then I suddenly awoke
And realised that Life's a Joke,

Jesus may have been the Word
But life to me seems so Absurd!