“Don’t pick up hitchhikers”
I was told “don’t do
it ever”
Unless of course it
was you
Who actually ran them
over
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
DON’T PICK UP HITCHHIKERS
THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY PLAGUE
Getting your toe
On the property ladder
Is so difficult
It’s more of an escalator
Constantly moving
At best just out of reach
More often out of
sight
With property values
so high
Caused by a shortage
And the housing
shortage
Is blamed on many
things
Increased immigration
(All needed according
to the government)
An ever-ageing
population
And increased single
dwellers
Everything in fact
Rather than the truth
The real cause is
greed
To many people owning
too many homes
Second and third homes
Property which sit
empty
50 weeks a year
Creating ghost towns
Across the country
Briefly inhabited by
city dwellers
Who suck the life out of
communities
And put nothing back
Shopping at their
local hypermarket
Getting fuel on the
motorway
And transporting
everything they need
Buying nothing in the
communities they invade
And the knock-on
effect
Is to fuel the house
price inflation
Which increases the
value of their properties
While excluding so
many from getting on the ladder
They have ripped the
heart from small seaside towns
And destroyed villages
and hamlets
Even the great plague couldn’t
kill
SENIOR PRESERVE
Now I’m getting older
I’ve rejected the
health food creed
I don’t want
supplements
Extractions from nut
and seed
I don’t want
organically grown
Its preservatives that
I need
Tuesday, 4 January 2022
ACHERON
Acheron, the river of pain,
One of the five rivers
of hades
Where Charon the
ferryman
Plied his morbid trade
ARE YOU WEARING ROMAN ROBES?
Are you wearing Roman robes?
They’re very loose and
flowing
And they fit where
they touch
Without any detail
showing
Which keeps a man
guessing
I really like that
about them
Because it’ll be a
surprise later
When I take you up the
forum
THE WORLD HAS BECOME A SMALLER PLACE
The world has become a smaller place
And it will never be a
big world again
But wherever you go
things are the same
I wish I could uninvent
the Aeroplane
ARE YOU WEARING YOUR HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE?
Are you wearing your heart on your sleeve?
I know you’re in love
that I truly believe
But I still don’t know
if you’re in love with Eve
Or if your preference
is for her brother Steve
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