THE RETURN OF THE FAIRY: 7. THE HOUSING SHORTAGE by HUMBERT WOLFE

SHE found, to her horror,
that nobody clinches
a bargain with persons
of less than two inches;
and, moreover, that no one,
is able or willing
to let you a house that
would fit on a shilling.
And as she remembered
the terms of the spell
she couldn't consult with
a constable.
She had sat down to think
when, who should pass by
but an impudent rag
of a tit who chirped, "Why,
if you're seeking a nest,
and they won't let you take one,
don't you act like the rest
of us fellows, and make one?"
She couldn't ask "Where?"
but she saw he had gone
along Piccadilly to
Kensington.

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