Mrs. Frankenstein by George Kirk

​What did you do, Mrs Frankenstein?
Master’s lab is bursting into flame!
I’m in the frame!
No thanks to you, Mrs Frankenstein
My future here is going up in smoke,
It’s no joke!
Up in smoke!

I’d like to know just why you were in the lab tonight,
Messing with the test tubes and the diodes.
I woke up from sleep to see a flash blinding light,
While you rubbed your hands watching it explode.

Oh yes it blew, Mrs Frankenstein,
Phials and potions flying through the air,
Into my hair.
And where were you, Mrs Frankenstein?
When Master came running through to see,
He saw me,
He saw me!

I looked around to find you and hoped you would explain,
But you weren’t there, where did you go?
With all my breath and might I called and called your name,
But all you’d left was the wide open window.

Hullaballoo, Mrs. Frankenstein,
Master thinks that I’m the one to blame,
He’s gone insane!
Boo hoo hoo! Mrs. Frankenstein,
Master doesn’t want me here no more,
No no more,
I’m out the door!

But before I go I’ll say that you have got some nerve,
Your pot is cracked you’ve got some loose screws.
Now I have no home, no job and no master to serve.
Every way I look at it I lose.

It’s up to you, Mrs Frankenstein,
The way you’re treating me is really mean,
Time to come clean.
He’ll forgive you Mrs. Frankenstein,
When you go to him and then explain,
That you’re to blame,
He’ll clear my name.

Poem ©2015 George Kirk
Illustration © 2015 Katherine Lynas