a soft boiled egg

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a soft boiled egg ( some o’ that )




life's a soft boiled egg when

there's monkeys in our mumbles

love is bubblewrap as

there's jungles in our jumbles

hopes are toothpaste stain then

yet apples in our crumbles

sing of custard dreams so

i s'ppose we mustn't grumble

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going out

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going out ( this poem contains roughly 13% of your r.d.a of shite )




take your key

in case clay pigeons sing


take your phone

in case the onions ring


take some cash

to barter with the sheep


grab a nap

in case there's time for sleep


don a smile

there may be acid rain


& odd socks

no, never two the same


wear good boots

no, not the naughty pair


cross your toes

then go, out there - take care

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sticky facts

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sticky facts ( 16 lines of rhyme )




as sure as no means sweat

& dripping bones means wet

as sure as ants aint antelopes

& badgers' home means sett


as sure as yipes means cripes

& overblown needs hype

as sure as fish fear garden gnomes

& tartan bag means pipe


as sure as head means mess

& en passant means chess

as sure as sheet floats with the floe

& what d'you think? means guess


as sure as bees means knees

& big puddles means seas

as sure as sore are blistered toes

those poems grow on trees

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in absentia

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in absentia ( another vaguely poetical stab in the daft )



the feral vet, his intense sweats

that manic get

the haunted cow


the magic nurse, her tragic verse

& piggish purse

the singing sow


the dog in clogs - that trot - clip clop

& catty strops

the talking plough


those cheeky apes, our many scrapes

since former japes

where are they now

?

( fuck knows )

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squidgy in the middle

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squidgy in the middle ( a poem for today )





squidgy sings the bleary lark

stretchy is this day

timid as dormice is dark

swarms of horsefly neigh


poppy crows the how do cock

mallow caws that crow

as the  old & gold sun throbs

so them hay fields glow


yonder swoop the ninja swift

as that bracken booms

as the bloody cuckoo spits

bees hum bumbled tunes


speckled is the tickled brain

thistled now are thorns

blonde may riddled summer reign

from this solstice morn

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