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Pillboxes

Pillboxes The rolling dunes of shifting sand The landscape changes and the land The wind reveals a concrete band Then eyehole slits & more expand This hidden chamber in no-man’s land

Banking on You

Banking on You Your vagina slits You pump up your tits And preen your ringlets flowing Manufactured smile Painted on a while Ago, when you practised wanton, knowing. Each bum cheek takes

Billy's iPod

Billy’s iPod Billy’s MP3 player otherwise iPod Was supposed amongst his peers to make him feel like God But Billy isn’t happy says at 3meg he’s been cheated

Calvary Cross

Calvary Cross The time has come and I must leave Force my burden up the hill The crowd unsure: I start, I stop Drag my cross by force of will Last resting place in blazing sun

Clive Frankenstein

Clive Frankenstein Dr Frankenstein, I presume? Pieced together from the tomb The tower: lightning strike, then – BOOM! You were alive Out of death’s shadows chill you loom

Speed Dating

Speed dating Would she find true love? Cupid’s dove? Forged above? He was a sad loner Sperm donor One owner She longed for a new friend Heart to mend Will Heaven send?

Sleep Tight

Sleep Tight Alert! In shock! Ink black. No sound, He’s buried six feet underground, No room! New suit. Soft cushioned walls, No light! No Sound! No faint footfalls,

Wife as Nurse

Wife as Nurse I woke; I wasn’t feeling very well the other day How I hoped these unsettling aches & chills would go away

Uninspired

Uninspired Many things to do Little inspiration Some things rather overdue Better check that information Others join the queue During the checking operation Meanwhile I sit here

The Government

The Government is in The parties rant and charge Opposition out of power Can afford to give it large Each five years when we vote To get them out or in They line up all in suits and coats

Women's Rights

Women’s Rights As women are always right May as well hide your wrongs in plain sight She’ll find them eventually all right And for your benefit fly them high as any kite

Don't Say Hate

Don’t Say Hate Even if you’re Hating Don’t Say Hate Even if it shows no sign of abating Don’t Say Hate Even when he needs berating Don’t Say Hate Even when his driving’s grating

Grow Up

Grow Up Chatting to a chick about my knob How it had a pet name: Bob How Bob was always up for bob-a-job Anything really that could make him throb Would double as a gun if I was out to rob

The French

The French The French live overseas They eat snails and frogs If you need the toilet They’ve most unusual bogs They’ve invaded once before Can they be trusted now?

The Creaking Oak

The Creaking Oak The creaking oak limb The footsteps fade The old gravedigger hoists his spade He beelines from your lonely patch A shiver in the shade A silence settles

When You've Got It All

When You’ve Got It All When you know you’ve got it all Why do you want more? What’s wrong with your existence? You view pleasure as a chore? A round of roles and duties

Romance Passed 60

Romance Passed 60 Welcome to my life I thought it planned, set, complete Pete & I were always on the boil Whether sand or sea or soil Until the undertaker took him out by first his feet