Purple Pinkie ‘Thanks For Life’
This poem is official confirmation
I support Polio eradication
If recited then I am dutifully bound
From those who listen to collect one pound
Be you brother, neighbour, friend or wife
For your donation I say ‘Thanks For Life’
Purple Pinkie is on hand
To eradicate Polio from every land
For just a pound coin he arrives
And each coin saves two little lives
Yes, to help the world to understand
Purple Pinkie is on hand
So
where does Purple Pinkie linger?
On
the top part of your little finger
So
what does Purple Pinkie do?
He’s
come to see the mission through
Purple
Pinkie must not fail
That’s why
everyone must paint a nail
Rotary’s
Polio Plus came alive
Back in 1985
Before Purple Pinkie appeared on hands
It was in 125 different lands
125...maybe more
Now that number has reduced to 4
Nigeria and Pakistan
India and Afghanistan
Two billion vaccines and 25 years on
Polio’s 99% gone
Every single one pound spent
Will
help destroy that one per cent
How
can that one per cent disappear?
District 1240 had an idea
If out for a meal or having a drink
Paint one nail with purple ink
Make Purple Pinkie jump and dance
And
watch the people around you glance
When
they ask you what it’s all about
From
your pocket take this poem out
When
they ’ve read this far all will understand
Why
Purple Pinkie is on hand
February 23rd
is Rotary Day
To help the virus go
away
No more suffering of the small
Polio won’t be here at all
With just pound coins we can enforce
The virus will have run its course
The last 4 countries will be Polio free
As each child is saved with 50p
So now one pound has been paid
There’s
one more favour I’m afraid
So
this campaign does not fail
I need
to paint another’s nail
I need
a hand quite literally
To make the
planet Polio-free
So for those who
are listening may I say
Another Purple
Pinkie’s on the way
I suggest
you do not hang around
It may cost
you another pound
If you stay, an even
greater pain
Is you’ll have to
hear this verse again
Richard Digance
