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Chinky Earphones

Chinky Earphones

The black earphones were made in Red China by CCP turtles

They worked for a year giving reasonably good sound

Then the right side stopped working it was totally dead

It was out of guarantee just over one year old

The left side still worked fine with clear sound

That was fine if you were ok with it that way

He wasn’t ok with that not at all he cursed their crap

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Keeps Loading

Keeps Loading

The system keeps freezing it makes you want to be elsewhere

Rather than stuck here in work using a tool that’s frozen

You’re not in the mood for made in Red China jokes

You want to be on top of the mountain free from all this

Oh what crap you must endure but you have your reasons

To do all this and in time you’ll be free of all this bullshit

So have patience and...

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Made In China

Made In China

Your electrical items stop working one by one

First the kettle stops boiling even tho the red light’s on

Then your microwave stops heating tho it turns round

It gets fixed and works for a week then is totally dead

As for your TV it turns on but has a single line across it

The VHS video player ate the porn tape and jammed

Your radio gets nothing but static on all ...

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Saint Christopher Bell

"... any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee...

— John Donne, Meditation XVII.

 

Saint Christopher Bell

 

We seem to be collectors

of memories and junk,

piles of the stuff;

both kinds lean against damp walls

in self-support, waiting

for purpose,

finding little but ...

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CUPBOARD

CUPBOARD

What is hiding inside your cupboard? Out sight and mind, forgotten about. Could there be a stolen stash of cash from a bank job that was never recovered? Or an antique Webbley pistol from World War One? Worth three grand. Maybe a small enchanted gold necklace lurks there which belonged to a real witch. Does she miss it? An old piece of paper with a faded love poem wrote in purple ...

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