Ted: A fucking good poem is a weapon. It’s– and not like a–a popgun or something.- It’s a bomb.It’s like a bloody big bomb. Sylvia: That’s why they make childrenlearn them in school.They don’t want them messing aboutwith them on their own. I mean, just imagineif a sonnet went off accidentally. Boom.

Ted: A fucking good poem is a weapon. It’s– and not like a–a popgun or something.- It’s a bomb.It’s like a bloody big bomb. Sylvia: That’s why they make childrenlearn them in school.They don’t want them messing aboutwith them on their own. I mean, just imagineif a sonnet went off accidentally. Boom.

– John Brownlow –

Sylvia: The Shooting Script

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