Going barefoot feels fine at the time
and wearing shoes do too
but sometimes I need something light
something not quite so tight only sandals will do
going barefoot feels fine now and then
and donning boots do too
but sometimes I want something loose
something I can put to good use only sandals come through
sandals always do the trick
and of the pack I had my pick
but wish I knew what ma...

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I want to want for nothing
but when I believe I'm on a roll
the same ghost haunts me
returns and taunts me
sneaks up behind to remind
all work and no play
nine to five can take its toll
break your heart
kill your soul
if I feel I'm on solid ground
the spectre takes me
grabs hold and shakes me
then again I'll have it made
if along the way
I stop and smell the roses
before the day it'...

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Considering all I've endured in this life
with all the poop handed to me
I'll be stranded in my next life
as I know I'm perfectly qualified to be
the lowest of the low an African dung beetle
making and taking my entree to the buffet
navigating at night by the light of the Milky Way
condemned 'til eternity against my will
tasked with the never-ending Sisyphean curse
of forever rock 'n' rol...

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Would a snack-happy
happy snacker
with a snacky itch to scratch
be a happy snacker
if he snacked a happy snack
such as a happy cracker
or could there be a catch
as it was not enough
healthy happy snacky stuff
and he'd need something to munch
with much more succulent crunch
a happy snack-like pick
of a Grannie Smith or Golden Delic'
happily should do the trick

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I've oft been offered but not tempted by
large helpings of pie in the sky
from too many crooks
who indeed the broth did spoil
and so as not to be sullied
by such greasy oil
I stay out of their kitchen
not because I can't stand the heat
but what's on their menu
ain't my cup of meat
apple or cherry by the slice
with a tasty pastry crust
is not a must but very nice
my absolute fave fit f...

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Early each morn
before the dawn
she primps and prettifies
shadows her eyes
lines her brows
lipstick applies
rouges her cheeks
powders her nose
lacquers her hair
files then paints her nails
fingers and toes
pampers places
it never shows
and every night
washes it all away
only to do it
go through it
all over again
exactly the same
at sunrise
the very next day

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An intrepid Inuk named Nanook
a-hunting walrus he would go
with his trusty harpoon
traipsing 'cross the ice and snow
then when paddling afloat he went
in the harsh Arctic environment
to keep out the bitter cold and damp
in the very bottom of his boat
there was a fiery seal oil lamp
which eventually burned a hole
and without trace into oblivion he sank
with nothing to mark the place
in ...

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Every time I turn my radio on
I hear the same old song
and I await good news from abroad today
especially a change is on the way
but I don't believe all they say
as how can they see eye-to-eye
or meet face-to-face
when east looks east and west looks west
in this so-called human race
putting power in the hands
of people who don't give a damn
will only go so far only last so long
the gen...

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Burning like fever in the spring

our love affair was on the wing

then drifted away on the summer wind

now I'm thinking of you how good it used to be

holding on to precious memories

and every teardrop has a tale to tell

every teardrop fills a wishing well

changing like autumn leaves that fall

your love it comes and goes

then melts away with the winter snows

and I'm dre...

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I've oft been offered but not tempted by

large helpings of pie in the sky

from too many crooks

who indeed the broth did spoil

and so as not to be sullied

by such greasy oil

I stay out of their kitchen

not because I can't stand the heat

but what's on their menu

ain't my cup of meat

apple or cherry by the slice

with a tasty pastry crust

is not a must but very nic...

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Scavenging in the river mud

nothing but pure pleasure

grubbing for items of value

seeking sunken treasure

reminders of its history

on the mudbanks of the Thames

from Roman 'til today

when low tide exposes hidden gems

to search for and or remove

from the foreshore

artifacts of any kind

is illegal it's against the law

a license is required in London

for this he...

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No I'm not stumped

by a Cricket test

so here's my pitch

which creased me up

it's my best

by the contender

the incumbent he

who shall not be named

(begins with 'T')

was bowled over and out

of that there is no doubt

for by Jiminy

based on his batting average

as a matter of fact

the latter was

on a sticky wicket

and as for his later behaviour

no it's...

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If the U.K. is as PC

as some would have us perceive

(tho' Britons never never never shall be slaves

Boadicea's turning in her grave)

it's incorrect on two counts

and the U.S. we should see

as it's a Queendom

not a Kingdom

and either way

that's sexist so

to speak more accurately

accordingly it should be

the United Sovereignty

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If a camel is the ship of the desert

then speaking equally

a ship is the camel of the sea

altho' a camel can go without water

for up to seven months

a ship without water on which to float

is neither a barque a barge nor a boat

as the camel needs food

to get over the humps

it seems like a dromedary

conundrum to me

and would that I could buy a ship

the lottery I s...

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Tho' they may display legs to best advantage,

observing the constraints begs the question, 'What's afoot?'

Seems to me I had a bee in my bonnet

about women's proclivities and passion for fashion

when compelled to write this pseudo sonnet.

Some are bonkers barmy as bedbugs, daft, dippy, daffy,

(with) bats in the belfry too,

it's far beyond my reckoning, as I can't fathom,

wh...

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When storm clouds gather

overshadow the sun

and darkness overwhelms

has me on the run

I look on you as the lodestone

to a sense of calm serenity

see you as a compass of my own

to a place of quiet tranquility

when hard times follow

in the wake left behind

and troubles overtake

only to remind

you are the still point

on a turning world with all its sadness

yo...

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She had a sunny disposition

always was a happy child

without a care in the world

running free running wild

spinning round in a whirlwind

her heart pulling the strings

but now she's older the fire is colder the writing's in her soul

tho' she's worldly-wise I see signs of winter

a long cold lonely winter

I see the signs of winter in her eyes

when she was young life stre...

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When I think of food and drink it's no surprise

the question does arise

with booze some choose to let it breathe

and defer their bottle of wine

I prefer to savour the flavour

and give mouth to mouth to mine

some say, “The glass is half full,”

with accent on the positive

some see the glass half empty

and focus on the negative

two sides to every story

supposedly that...

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I have a cat

(or a cat has me)

a furry cat a very purry cat

when on my lap it's sat

independent it is

(egotistical too)

yet demands attention

(self-centred through and through)

and when well-fed its purr

(a four-stroke motor)

is full of condescension

when behind its ears you scratch

(it's expected of you)

you may believe you heard

“Meow, meow, meow”

(so...

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Some with the gumption

who continually

jump to assumptions

and with no allusions

always

arrive at wrong conclusions

board the wrong train

again and again

and in total frustration

never alight

at the right station

off-track inference prevails

their train of thought

is off the rails

it's repetitive inanity

Einstein had a word for that

he called it 'Ins...

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It's enough to make one chunder

there used to be a time Down Under

when fair dinkum the label on the tucker tin

only stated the true blue maker's name

and the Vegemite we'd eat for brekkie contained therein

while not a porky implied mate there's something to hide

with a shonky no responsibility disclaimer

I’m spewin’ cranky as today's focus is on what's not inside

no GMO ch...

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I do enjoy verbal tennis

wordplay may be a game

outwit outsmart the opponent

is the only aim

lobbing phrases across the net

volley and rally back and forth

no one's a loser and yet

those precious few

who think on their feet

will always win have you beat

Shakespeare is the all-time champ

merely a player with poem and sonnet

through thick and thin he'd go for a sp...

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Do you have a poetic licence

to park your pitiful purple prose

(alliteratively he wrote)

it even puts my poor feet to sleep

and gives me painful coma toes

(literally did he quote)

and have you paid your syn tax

to persist in paltry poetry

(a non sequitur perhaps)

as dabbling in sad scribbling

is how your paean 'ppears to me

(no storied scripts mere scraps)

befor...

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Deep in contemplation,

or was it cogitation

call it 'intuition'

Alice had a premonition

something's round the corner

and I've come to warn yer

I'm doing all I can

before it hits the fan

for she has seen a vision

more than a vague suspicion

it's a strong affirmation

of a predetermination

and believe me when I say,

"Whatever it is she thought she saw,

it's o...

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