Invitation

You are hereby invited

to the unveiling of a monument

to the Unknown

Coward.

The monument’s design is unpretentious: a bare

plinth. The Coward himself

can hide with confidence

amongst the guests

without fear

of being discovered.

You will hear many unknown things:

as it is unknown

what the Coward had to fear,

only the unknown

will be spoken of.

The speeches will stress that,

thanks to the cowardice of one who was unknown,

the known

could live free from fear.

You are hereby invited to the unveiling

of a monument

to the Unknown

Coward.

Attend

or else!