YOU HAVE JUST BEEN SICK

 

You have just been sick

And not just a bit

So, stop pretending

And spare me the wit

It isn’t just a hiccup

With some pizza in it

BLOODY MINDEDNESS # 1

 

I stay in the relationship

Even though it’s crappy

Because with someone else

She might turn out to be happy

21st CENTURY NURSERY RHYMES # 117

“Where are you going, my pretty maid?"

"I'm going clubbing, mate," she said.

"May I go with you, my pretty maid?"

"Only if you're paying, mate," she said.

ARE YOU WEARING A FLOWER?

 

Are you wearing a flower?

Pinned to your lapel

A Rose or a Carnation

So, your date can easily tell

Who you are in the crowd

And you can see them as well

 

But if you cannot spot them

Stood beneath the tower

And you find yourself alone

Long after the allotted hour

Somewhere on the floor

Will be a discarded flower

SINCE THE BBC SACKED ALL THE DALEKS # 8

 

Since the BBC sacked all the Daleks

Most are just scrounging off the state

But there is one working at the theme park

He doesn’t really communicate

And it scares a lot of the visitors

When it says Exhilarate, Exhilarate

WITH SALT WATER BLOOD

 

With saltwater blood

The valiant mariners

Are bound to the sea

By unseen chains

And serve their mistress

In sun and rain

But when gales blow

And storm and tempest

Batters and bloodies

They pray to the master

To be carried to shore

And when land sits

Beneath their feet

They crave a deck

And a rolling sea

And are drawn back

To their mistress

IN THE AUTUMN OF MY YEARS

 

In the autumn of my years

In the twilight of the setting suns

Will I become that which I despise?

A burden to my loved ones