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Paediatrician in the corner

 There’s a paediatrician in the corner

Staring over at me

There are Islams in the bushes

Planting bombs with the hedges

There are asbos in my loft

Raving on the rafters

There are single mums in the kitchen

Moving up the council house waiting list

There are immigrants in my front room

Taking all my jobs

There’s no climate change on my roof

We threw the scientists off

There are gays dancing on the landing

Believing their happy ever after myth

 

There’s a pile of DAILY MAILS

On my doorstep

And i can’t get out the door 

◄ Cigarettes

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Val Cook

Sat 24th Apr 2010 08:58

Well done Emma,I get the picture.
A 21st century nervous breakdown.

Rachel Bond

Sat 24th Apr 2010 02:56

hey this is great...except the humour is wry and I think its all tinged in sadness. Its brilliant. x

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jane wilcock

Fri 23rd Apr 2010 22:26

very funny, thanks!

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Isobel

Fri 23rd Apr 2010 18:35

I get it now derrrr....I need to watch the news more - or maybe buy the Daily Mail! LOL!

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Emma Robinson

Fri 23rd Apr 2010 18:03

that's write Chris, I done it on purpose!
the line about happily ever after is a reference to that vile article jan moir wrote,
thanks for comments :)

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Isobel

Fri 23rd Apr 2010 16:58

I love this one Emma - I like the humour and sarcasm in it. I would probably have made it a paedophile in the corner - but I guess when you are a new mum, you are rather terrified of paediatricians.
It did leave me wishing there were a few immigrants in my front room, clamouring to take all my jobs...

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Ray Miller

Fri 23rd Apr 2010 13:22

Very good, I liked "There are Islams in the bushes" and "paediatrician in the corner" a lot. Thought you could have made the 2nd line more interesting than just"staring over at me" and the happy ever after line is a bit weaker than the rest, but it's a witty poem.

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Steven Kenny

Fri 23rd Apr 2010 12:50

I like this Emma! It's catchy and funny and sums up that most near sighted of newspapers brilliantly!

Oh, but you forgot to add this line:

And it's all #nickcleggsfault

;-)

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