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A Stale Wind

 

What am I but air

Another breath

In an increasingly breathless world

Another sigh

In a whirlwind of exasperation 

Unheard against the halitosis 

of  political exhaling 

Dissipating under the hot breath

of false rhetoric 

And hot-air promises 

Soon to blow away 

Like the weary farts 

Of a backbench octogenarian 

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Mr Rhubarb

 

Song for politicians (wine & cheese update)

 

There's a...

 

Great view from my Ivory Tower

The window is frosted, but I still feel the power.

Got my...

 

Savile suite so I feel the part

But I like to pretend I got it straight from Primark

I feed my…

 

Flock through the magical lense

My sincere smile upon your telly transcends

And I'm…

 

Fully t...

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