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there’s an echo in the room ( a true truth of truths )
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there's an echo in the room - there's an echo in the room there's an echo in the room - there's an echo in the room there's an echo in the room - there's an echo in the room there's an echo in the room ( it's gone ) ...
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odd bless this grim ( a trueish story )
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the dales are veils - the hills are still the sun has paled beneath this grey that here wassails & wails its will from vaults above upon this fray the rain is hail - the sleet is sheet the clouds are shrouds of drunken dim the gale exhales & quakes the wheat no bird is heard within this brim the quail has bailed - my quill has chilled its ink has failed as curates pray for gold & ale & sleep & pills as trees sweat on & mad dogs stray the nails are snails - the streams are streets the cats are hounds - the wind has limbs these days i crave - their taste is sweet my frown they drown - god bless this grim ...
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radio bee ( some stuff )
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bee when frequencies mumble on the bumbled breeze listen to your knees ...
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magnetic gossip ( the story of my life but made up & a poem instead )
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the honeydew egg guilds the fright
as pigeon children clubfoot night
the clever elbow welds the sleight
& hapless harp strings harness turd
the headhunted hen hoops the blight
as bastard blankets blowtorch rite
the quantum beanpole quests the quite
& freckled is the speckled word
the hiatus goose combs the sprite
as blockhead blackbirds fudge the spite
the startled starfish veils the mite
& teaspoons stir the hurdled blur
the hologram gnome roams the light
as pothole pea pods blast the flight
the gurgles bite the trifled trite
& lemons curd - or so i've heard
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august the first ( self-explanatory stuff )
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the air was stone & damson jam no breeze did crow as also ran the fields were burst & baling twine as bees had thirst for summer's wine the scene was sewn when church bells rang the die were thrown as baskets hang the pine trees stirred as ivy climbed & polecats purred as snail trails slimed the streams still flowed as blackbirds sang & knees still groaned when nettles stang the cogs still burred a certain rhyme as magpies slurred - it's curtains time ...
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ping etc. ( s o m e s h e e t )
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ping when kettles sing feather spring when nettles sting ting when death knells ring ...
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gasp-mask ( a poem for a muddled monday )
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with twinkled toes as carrots glow of breadcrumb trails & speckled hens we bullwhip fro & echo so as hamsters hymn from fen to glen with missing holes as muesli bowls on gangrene greens & magpies sigh we vault the foal & scroll the stroll as lizards squint in liquid skies with scarpered flows as hedgerows woe for biscuits broke & rebel wrens we nose our blow & crow our show as swordfish fight the plastic pen with jigsawed souls as bakers roll in puddled pools & pylons pry we salt the vole & kiss the mole as bubble burp - it's late july ...
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sunday vacuum ( some sheet )
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wink when pincers wince pundit punch when picnics pinch blink when kitchens sink ...
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pre-pour ( a true story in 15 lines )
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the sky was mute & toothpaste stains as high was goats & ghostly trains the runes were prunes come roughly noon so groan a moan so did the drains the clouds were shrouds of spout again as swans sang songs & tea leaves strained the wind blew clues as orchards bruised & flung dung stuck on paintings framed the scene was snared & paired as twain as cats spat on the window pane the sun's balloon was but a spoon so dogs were frogs - the rest is rain ...
resarf poetry 