I Wish I 'd Known
By Ewan
Tue, 10 Mar 2009
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That girls don't kiss boys who've eaten Marmite,
or even speak to them sometimes.
That pot would turn into skunk before I tried it,
and that I was missing something.
That Betamax would lose out to VHS,
or 8-track to cassettes.
That the miners' strike was the end of industry,
and we'd all be at someone's service.
That the wrong Kinnock was the leader,
and that would lead to the Tony Party.
That being eighteen doesn't make you right,
just obnoxious to the wrong people.
That being fifty doesn't make you wise,
or even able to change anything.
That all the time between was there for me,
if only I had known you.
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I very much like the economy
I very much like the economy of this. I also very much like that, with the exception of the political references, and the fact I'm not quite 50, this could be about me.
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I kiss boys who eat marmite.
I kiss boys who eat marmite. Sadly, my ex-boyfriend was a marmite-fearing soul...
'into to' is odd phrasing?
Love the pun 'Tony Party'!
Oh so much in this!
J x
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Oh dear, I didn't mean to
Oh dear, I didn't mean to imply that you needed to indulge in self-castration! I'm not that nasty to men who have small errors...
J x
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I'm glad that you don't
Permalink Submitted by threeleafshamrock on
I'm glad that you don't think size is everything Jen, LOL. Nice work Ewan; hits all the right notes, that ring so true lol. Well done!
Chris
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Ewan: I've looked in on a
Ewan: I've looked in on a number of your pieces and across the sample there is consistently a bright, measured voice, one for whom the observation that the Japanese realize that the truest sign of vigor is an absence of effort, seems to apply. Swep
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