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ampersands & amber

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ampersands & amber  (  a  r e w r i t e  )

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conkers war the canker

copper ores & anchors

porpoise plod the purpose

horsing forth & canters


happy slaps the campers

apple crabs & slander

heaven eggs the nervous

thunder thumbs & clamber


lizards lane the camber

blizzard brains & answers

teeters tree the quercus

phantoms oak the scamper


razors shave the panda

fairylands & ramblers

gurning gums the girders

hairy hands & scramblers


anther pants the panthers

scatter rants & hamsters

such ado the surplus

cousin shrew & dancers


panzers tank the tanka

semaphore & samba

summer spurs the murmurs

waddle forth & gander


stagger stags the stanzas

lantern lit & antlers

candles can the squirmers

ladder steps & wranglers


scuffle knees the wankers

bubble bees & lancers

fleeing from the circus

ampersands & amber

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squint’s the battered beak

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squint’s the battered beak  (  a  p o e m  )

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sink's the phantom-tangent plunge as sun's the cobbled deep

spun's the cuttle-fission ink & blink's the riddled speak

spring's the quivered-quibble ping as ting's the nobbled nose

sing's the manna-spanner sponge & hum's the dribbled sleep


tick's the whittled-river watch as clock's the sunken creak

bed's the chapel-apple head & red's the rubber cheek

bread's the seven-lemons bug as plug's the drunken nose

chequed's the tartan garden rug & swept's the flutter speak


swim's the christened-glisten wing as swan's the otter feet

bird's the burbled-bursar burst & bog's the heathered peat

swamp's the marbled-gargle flap as fleck's the tosser flows

drift's the brindle-dingle wood & mist's the weathered teak


grit's the leopard-shepherd stone as bleat's the legion sheep

tor's the dawdle-portal snore & nap's the splattered peak

bat's the bastard-blister blink as snow's the beacon rose

trek's the freckled-fuddle speck & squint's the battered beak

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dawn’s the jan

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dawn’s the jan  (  a  p o e m  )

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pig's the sty & stick's the pan

wind's the wing & skim's the scan

swoop's the loop & droop's the drawer

spring's the sing & tin's the can


lip's the list & mist's the man

hand's the stand & spin's the span

flight's the kite & wipe's the floor

pie's the sky & flim's the flan


newt's the eye & hoot's the clan

wheat's the speak & brain's the bran

drop's the drain & rain's the pour

twig's the jig & jog's the ran


spit's the shit & hit's the fan

sod's the plot & plod's the plan

shoot's the spoon & spore's the door

brawn's the moon & dawn's the jan

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eff off

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eff off  (  a  f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f  . . .  )

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festivals

flapjack

fetlocks

freckle-fluff

fingertips

fudge freight

focus foam

flickers


follicles

fang fling

footholds

feather frog

foliage

fonts froth

fiddle flux

flusters


fire flicks

foxgloves

flutter fjords

fuzz fizz

fanjets

florist frizz

flower fowl

figures


fibular

flecks frieze

fat fish

fanzine fix

frolicking

fig farms

faraway

fuckers

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nap tail

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nap tail  (  a  p o e m  )

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romans road the matinees

chromosomes & manta rays

squiggles squid the citadel

apple pips & mandalay


seven seeds the that-a-ways

lemon cheese & gamma rays

battles bat the pipistrelle

cackles cage & farraday


adders lick the attaché

ladders slip & bladders spray

phantoms wisp the kettle spell

badgers dance & cabaret


riddles dog the ashen tray

rivers cat & straggles stray

hobbles knell the heather bells

swishing swell & castaway

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sink’s the ditty

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sink’s the ditty  (  s o m e  r h y m e z  )

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chuck's the churn & muck's the jitty

hum's worm & squirm's the chilli

ring's the sing & grain's the gravy

spurred's the urn & stuck's the sticky


dog's the doze & goat's the billy

cog's the wheel & eel's the slippy

groat's the boat & dozed's the daisy

tick's the list & stick's the city


knell's the bell & spell's the dizzy

ink's the blink & peck's the biddy

speck's the neck & hazed's the hazy

spoke's the oak & pond's the lily


cat's the flap & scrap's the kitty

skip's the mist & mid's the piggy

tune's the spoon & rune's the wavy

&'s the sand & sink's the ditty

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citrus thyme

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citrus thyme  (  p o e m z  o f  d o o m z  )

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the goose is rat, the shops are sand

with ghosts & notes so noose the band

the children splay & sing in swine

for samba's claws & tinsel spine


the church is lurch, the squirm is canned

with dame again so germ's the land

the hare is snared & poached in pine

for cycle spokes & bible brine


the crash is king, the pubs are gland

with floss & toss so sat's the stand

the spider's hulled as is the twine

for shingle bells & citrus thyme

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