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to do in feb ( bef ni od ot )
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walk the dog as catkins naps trudge the cusp of blossoming spot a crocus in the snow feel the breeze of winter's sting prance the dance of daffodils jig with pixies in a ring sweeten tea as serpents stir bird the blurs & sing til spring ...
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four short poems about hats ( a hat job )
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hat stand
sun up
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hat hair
fez fuzz
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hat box
cap scrap
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hat trick
pull wool
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snippet up ( a n a s s o r t m e n t o f s u n d r i e s )
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ring bell for service when we were elves pebble dashed wednesday quarter past pine nuts raspberry ripples i want your rabies oliver cromwell rain on the glass roof pen in the morning peter the goatherd marmalade marching squirms in a cancan sodium gnosis sir humphrey davey lumps in the gravy is this the real life? is this just fantasy? parlez-vous français? ...
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wet then ( a p o e m )
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cloud shroud duck cluck grey daze tick tock green boot quench drench blue vue hilltop pike dyke squid ditch quaff trough clip clop sea saw tor roar mud thud ship dock drain brain sweep street nurse earth pit stop black crack cat fish frog dog flip flop hog hop tap dance big grin piss pot quick step hen quack wet then chip chop ...
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green gleam the gills ( a n o t h e r c h a i n o f t a w t )
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green gleam the gills pilchard professor herrings & heather feathers & quills feathers & quills witches with antlers pandas in panzers scramble the hills scramble the hills eggs in a casket frogs in a basket floss on the mills floss on the mills eels in the aether gremlins & easter squirrels & squills squirrels & squills squeeze in a dingle ringing a pimple breezing the chills breezing the chills sting in the kettles sing in the nettles pebbles & pills pebbles & pills cat on a sofa cattle in clover over & spills over & spills otters & lemons cod in her heaven green gleam the gills ...
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sing-a-song of pylons ( i t c a n o n l y b e s p r i n g )
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sing-a-song of pylons nutter, nurse & birds twinkles in the ions butter, whirr & burrs fingers on a thyme bomb sputter, burst - & 'erbz sing-a-song of pylons nutter, nurse & birds hymn-a-ring of oxbows rockets, rats & bats simmers in the crossbows knockers, gnats & cats river tat the bongos sticklebacks & sprats hymn-a-ring of oxbows rockets, rats & bats whip-a-crack of attic slipper, snap & loft spittle in the static dribble drop & waft blither in the basket conifer & croft whip-a-crack of attic slipper, snap & loft jig-a-jog of jodhpurs potteries & pants triggers on the trotters orreries & ants squiggles in the scholars glossaries & glance otters in the tosser lotteries & dance ... ( a u t h o r n o d e s ) if you see someone out & about & you don't know them & said person is looking in their pockets don't go up to them & ask them what they're looking for - that's nosy & a bit wank - someone did that to me earlier so i told them fuck off & mind their own business & they deserved that ( wankers ) ...
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3 / 3 ( 5 / 7 / 5 )
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hedgerows of hedgehogs knotted vests & pirouettes turin shroud trousers ...
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& blue doors ( a t r u e s t o r y )
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cobwebs & cobnuts
& green fields & eyesores
roses & noses
& seesaws & sea shores
moonlight & morning
& sunshine & gold straw
rat traps & bat flaps
& hopscotch
the black horse
echoes & yellow
& embers & wild boar
mudflaps & strange ways
& grey days & white floors
trickles & ripples
& whispers & wild roars
rainbows on all fours
in new shoes
& blue doors
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squiffy elbows ( 6 quatrains of piffle-vest )
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feather freckled dinosaurs finger tingled tidal boars apple blighted acolytes chocolate teapot labradors jackknife island semaphore junkyard carnage carnivores serpent laddered stalactites thunder stumbled underscores summer sputtered hellebore mammoth mangled megaspores silent parrot parasites peasant pageant petit fours scrambled eggshell evermore mustard gas mask guarantors jagged jawline jacobites trojan horsefly saddle sore potion motion sycamore spiny ivy iron ore maybe knotted stalagmites heckled henpecked heretofore dicey icy sliding doors drooping soupy superstores accidental satellites every twat's a troubadour ...
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( save the yeti ) ( some 5-7-5 stuff )
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goblins in coal sheds toffee apple gusset squelch protons & colons ...
