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The woman who smelled of mouse

All blousey in her felt hat

Was in love with the man with the stubbly neck

Who lived with the flea bitten cat.

 

He admired her red-dyed hair

And her eye liner all skewiff

You could tell that he was enamoured of her

When he started boasting a quiff.

 

One day I saw him on the bus

Perusing the Argos mag

Engrossed in the pages of engagement rings

(just as my love-life started to flag).

 

He pondered and scratched his chin

Which one would she like the best?

Perhaps the bright purple amethyst

Might look nice with her cherry pink vest?

 

And now they sit together

And sometimes they even hold hands

And the 85 bus is a romantic place

Now that they’ve read the banns.

 

And they show that there’s hope for us all

And that true love can conquer the world

When the stubbly man and his mouse-smelling wife

Joined the flea bitten cat on the scurrilous mat

And purred and purred and purred

And purred and purred and purred

And purred!

 

love

◄ female ritual

the king and queen ►

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Fkx

Sun 24th Apr 2011 08:01

Let true love ring and conquer all the world!

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John Coopey

Thu 14th Apr 2011 21:00

You soppy old duffer! Liked it, Foxy.
I resent the way that young dudes can sport a couple of days growth and look hunky, whereas an old git like me looks like a dirty old tramp.
Really liked the ending. It should be available on the NHS as an alternative to Viagra. It did it for me!

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Ann Foxglove

Thu 14th Apr 2011 12:25

Sorry Julian - I just didn't switch the recording off when I thought I had - I know I should re-do it but I was feeling too lazy! I should be able to chop the end off myself (if you see what I mean!) That's all! :) Someone else did that a while ago - naming no names - I listened to him read his poem, then he finished, then he sighed, then he sipped a nice cup of tea (well, it SOUNDED like tea!) then he sighed. Went on for about five minutes!

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Julian (Admin)

Thu 14th Apr 2011 12:10

How do you mean "edit the audio", Ann? We don't (yet) have audio editing facilites on the site, but you can re-do the audio if you want to, then simply click on edit and replace the current onw with another. Is that what you mean?

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Ray Miller

Thu 14th Apr 2011 12:02

A stubbly neck - not a chin! A scurrilous mat!? Enjoyed the poem though I keep wanting to see scratched and scratched and scratched rather than purred.

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Ann Foxglove

Thu 14th Apr 2011 11:34

Ooops! How DO you edit your blinkin' audios? (yeah, and this couple are even older'an ME!! :)

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Isobel

Thu 14th Apr 2011 11:27

Oh Ann - if only we could learn to be attracted to flea bitten and stubbly....

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