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….crow, staring down from the chimney pot. He's either looking directly at me or not. His feathers are all of a ruffle. Like he's been in...
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Clothes shopping.
I'd like to shop in a trendy store, Buy my clothes straight off the pegs, But it's challenging With a rounded paunch And...
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Daft as a bat
She swept in from the gloom of a dark summer's night. We all hung around in the shadows, away from the light. But as she arrived, there...
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Returning home on the Flying Scotsman 1983
Wrapped securely within your liveried green Refined golden-arched nameplate highlights your pedigree, London North Eastern returning home...
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Wolves in sheep's clothing
Rich old men in their cricket whites. With balding heads and fading sights, Arrogantly putting the world to rights Rich old men in their...
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Hypatia
Stoned, murdered by shells of oysters raining down Gentle lady Hypatia of Alexandria, This lady of mathematics, astronomy and philosophy....
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Unsure of love
My darling, never will I abandon you, You'll always be my one and only, We’ll be together forever, side by side Counting our blessings....
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Oh, Cilla!
Your love ambushes, like an urban guerilla Tasting fruitfully sweet, exciting my papilla Unknowingly, we’re fused like the cranial...
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Rabbit Hole
Families are often annoying With their ‘know it all ways’, Families moan about this and that Short on accolades and praise. Families can...
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The Small Square Table
They sat close together at the small square table Two ladies lunching, demure and cultivated Maybe wrongly, I surmise they're unrelated...
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Adorable Antarctican
Dapper dipper Flightless fisher Tuxedoed tobogganist Comical colonist
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Turgidity
(from small acorns, mighty oaks grow) So much pressure on growth, Small acorn by comparison to most of the world, Yet I will undoubtedly...
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When’s The End of the Line?
Beseeching you, Lord Lucifer Rise from your depths again Cup together your fiery hands Scoop up unworthy men Holy wingéd Gabriel Show us...
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Yesterday, Today, No Tomorrow
There's no hope in a world full of desperation, When our worst nightmares have all come to life, There's no heart in the greyness of...
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Misquotes!
Police investigating the recent death of a prostitute, Found alone in the park, on the morning of the tenth, Have a suspect, currently in...
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Birds
Garden Birds are fed It doesn't take much to please them, Twenty quid a week
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Holidaying in Cardigan Bay
Kaikoura or Tresaith Similar but different Seen Sheep, no Welsh Whales
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Black Friday?
Black Friday comes around each November It's a global phenomenon. We watch and remember. People buying a little piece of happiness,...
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Tanka’d
Pewter cup brimming. Shiney battered edge swimming, In delicious foam Of newly poured summer cider. Gulping down so fast, I'm soused.
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Life, a Mountebank?
I turned the other cheek again. I turned the other cheek, and then, A man stepped up and slapped my face. I turned and walked away again,...
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