We’ll See Them All Right!

You Had Better Watch Out!

When the butcher comes to cut off your tail,

Do you believe the politicians who spin you a tale?

Perhaps the news reporters, as they relate another lie

Or is it big business as your support they try to buy?

As the butcher comes to cut off your tail

Do you examine the threat in every detail?

Or do you accept the peril as it appears,

Simply waiting in a corner to fill up with tears?

As the butcher comes to cut off your tail

Do you smell the terror as you inwardly inhale?

Can you taste the fear as if you’re sucking a sweet,

But it’s bitter and sour; too unpleasant to eat?

As the butcher comes with his axe in his hand

And your legs are tired as if they’ve been running through sand,

Who is there to turn to in your distress?

After all, it was none of your making any of this mess.

Who is this butcher who comes for your tail

And what does his threat fully entail?

Could it be you’d be better off wearing a disguise,

As truth died when it was crucified?

Who is this butcher with his caving knife,

Who’s running around threatening your life?

I say he’s been made up to give us a fright

And when we find out who did it, we’ll see them all right!

About Daniel Kemp

At the age of seventy-six, Daniel Kemp has started his second year of studying the science of Psychology at the Open University. He is a member of The Society of Authors and also a bestselling writer. However, in early September 2025, he was diagnosed with cancer. He is now in palliative care at home, being looked after by his ex-wife. When he was writing his novels, he enjoyed writing stories that appealed to those who liked challenging themselves to solve mysteries that were set out before their eyes, but they couldn't. His introduction to the world of espionage and mystery happened at an early age when his father was employed by the War Office in Whitehall, London, at the end of WWII. However, it wasn’t until after his father died that he showed any interest in anything other than himself! On leaving academia he took on many roles in his working life: a London police officer, mini-cab business owner, pub tenant and licensed London taxi driver, but never did he plan to become a writer. Nevertheless, after a road traffic incident left him suffering from PTSD and effectively—out of paid work for four years, he wrote and self-published his first novel —The Desolate Garden. Within three months of publication, that book was under a paid option to become a $30 million film. The option lasted for six years until distribution became an insurmountable problem for the production company. All ten of his novels are now published by Next Chapter Publishing Company which has added an edition titled The Heirs And Descendants Collection, which holds all four books of that series, alongside an edition titled The Lies And Consequences Collection which contains all four volumes of that series. He is the recipient of rave reviews from a prestigious Manhattan publication and described as—the new Graham Green—by a highly placed executive of Waterstones Books, for whom he did a countrywide tour of book signing events. He has also appeared on 'live' television in the UK publicising his first novel. Less

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