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Trev does Texas again 2015: Austin 2

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Image: A good reason for keeping Austin Weird

 

20.04.2015 – 102)

I thought I’d take a break from my roam

And catch up on the news back home

I log on to facebook to find

A cowardly act of the most despicable kind

By a rich African family it took some beating

They shot an elephant while it was eating

Posing at the site of their sin, on each face a stupid grin

A picture of human shame, thankfully we’re not all the same

I’m a volunteer in the animal rescue game

And last week so wanted to weep, when the badly injured rabbit

I was lovingly stroking, had to be put to sleep

 

103) Pulled into BD Riley’s for an open mic to be heard an’ seen

An’ the band was singin’ a song, I remember from when I was 17

Singin’ loud an’ singin’ clear I heard the same song in Austin last year

The one about takin’ the load off Fanny, takin’ it for free

Taking the load of Fanny and puttin’ it right on me

How good to hear it standin, the test of time

An once again being the inspiration for another rhyme

 

104) BD Riley’s again and to my delight, it’s national open mic night

“Welcome Trevor” said Joe giving me a raffle ticket

Saying prizes galore, hats, tee shirts and more

Mu number I sure hope someone’ll pick it

Cos’ it’ll be a fittin’ end to sharin’ my rhyme

A bonus as well as havin’ a really great time

 

21.04.2015 – 105) Last night at BD Riley’s a good time was had

By the travellin’ poetry lad

Let my poems flow, really let it go

Some thinkin’ it was grand, saying “awesome” as they shook my hand

 Introduced as the Rhymey Limey by Joe

Also the Minute Man Poet cos’ he said “tonight I may recite

A poem I wrote a minute ago

So I did as I was bid

Like as not a poem written on the spot

An’ I really felt a hit, when I was congratulated by a fellow Brit

 

106) Baby rabbits first to be fed

Then squirrels an’ possums, fresh paper an’ towels

So they have a clean bed

Then something that made my day, they were takin’ the vulture away

It’s life turns another page, it was going to a bigger cage

Then will come its finest hour, when it leaves under its own power

Soarin’ high, flyin’   sky

Enjoyin’ the freedom of the air

An’ I’m proud to have helped Austin Wildlife Rescue get it back there.

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