Non-metallic and in consequence a silencer of sound—

There would be within our borders

Fewer nerve and brain disorders

And more of moral uplift to go round.

I know a dashing journalist, a credit to his trade,

Who's always in the thick of it whenever there's a raid.

Bombs of various sorts and sizes

He describes and analyses,

But he can't endure a long milk-cannonade.

I've written to our Member, Dr. Philadelphus Snell,