The Wedding Guest
She flew in from America
To be with us that day,
We'd no idea who she was
But didn't like to say.
Friday 13th December 2024 2:49 am
Payback Time
Wandering through the village streets one dark and dismal night,
I freeze in fear and almost faint before an awful sight,
A teacher from my careless youth I could've sworn was dead,
Emerging like a phantom from the foggy dew ahead.
He sneers and snarls on seeing me and snatches up his cane.
I turn to run, but soon I see the effort is in vain
There looms a second in the path and two more by...
Wednesday 11th December 2024 5:10 pm
The Separation
My shadow and I have decided to split
We're getting in each other's way;
For several months now he's wanted to quit,
He says I'm a boring old stay-at-home git,
Without the ambition, the courage, or wit,
To ever make anything pay.
He says when his servitude's over and done
He's gonna live life on a whim,
He wants to make most of his time in the sun,
Meet beautiful women and...
Sunday 8th December 2024 4:19 am
The Things We Do To See Each Other Naked
I once played strip-scrabble with a woman named Jude
It wasn't very revealing,
As at the end of the game she'd only removed
A shoe, a sock and an ear-ring.
I can't help believing it would've been greater
Had we worked the rules out properly,
But not to worry, we made up for it later,
During a game of Monopoly.
Tuesday 8th October 2024 2:44 am
Against Loneliness
I married my brother's widow,
How depressing.
Aged 76
And still getting his hand-me-downs.
Wednesday 12th June 2024 1:54 am
Is There Anybody Out There?
If Mars is uninhabited
Where do Martians come from?
If dragons never existed
How do we know what they look like?
At some point in the future
Everything will start going backwards
If nothing else,
This should make dieting easier.
Tuesday 11th June 2024 1:41 am
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