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Electric Ass

once she's plugged me in

she says my ass is electric

versatile as well as hybrid

makes her love-life hectic

 

trouble is with my battery

suffers from a limited range

after five miniutes full-pelt

my plug feels a bit strange

 

charges me in the kitchen

leaving me a cup of tea

goes back to bed while I

suffer from range anxiety

 

changed her energy tariff

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Scrap Age

These days the calendar is my nemesis, I'm

At the age where you tend to look back

Bad moves clog the rear-view mirror

Where I might have tried a different tack

 

Of late I'm in a mood for contrition but

Repentance though keen won't amend

The hurts and sorrows I've inflicted for

The stern hand of Time cannot bend

 

Its my turn to feel the lash of regrets

I feel like...

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