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Hungerford Common (Early May)
In the limp breezes of the evening People walk their beloved dogs Who chase the spring rabbits Into their deep burrows Trains pass without difficulty And you and I share ale With the misty day moon As we admire the return Of the migrating birds
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Deep Red
Jimmy Pride and Arlene were driving north to avoid the heat of the summer They did this every year In early June As they were both albinos Jimmy Pride was also a police detective Who specialised in investigating crimes against albinos He had been woefully unemployed During the previous year But this was about to […]
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Westbury
The town is tranquil Only a few people have ventured out They are aware of the flat clouds That threaten rain Near to the white horse A sage of publicans have gathered Splendid in their green velvet suits
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Meeting Martin Eden
The girl of the fields was quite beautiful But she had dirty hands And filthy nails Martin and I sat on a nearby wall And watched her work She was aware of our idleness But did not comment One day I will teach her English He said I will educate her as I have educated […]
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Inland Dream
This afternoon whilst resting I dreamt that I was in modern Chile Riding on a low rollercoaster With an injured pigeon And travelling in the general direction of Swansea
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Dreams of a Sexual Nature
We were lying next to each other in our centre bed Having just made love with an enormous passion A bead of sweat ran from your excited breast And lost itself in our loving sheets The river that ran next to our erotic cottage Was playing tricks with the sensuous light And we watched […]
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Dreams of a Footballing Nature
Steve was in bed with Jane The were watching Real Madrid playing Barcelona Real Madrid were winning by two goals to nil During the night Steve raked his studs down Jane’s shin And received a straight red card Jane was so disgusted with the tackle That she demanded a transfer to Las Palmas A few […]
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Lady Macbeth
It was an almost poetical day Warm rain was pouring out of the heated clouds And rivers steamed like spa’s A lorry driver had been killed on the motorway He had skidded in the heavy rain And his lorry had blocked all four lanes The city had fallen into gridlock Lucy felt strangely excited by […]
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A Cop a Girl and a Gun
A Cop a Girl and a Gun The girl in the yellow dress Was jealous of the sun So she had it arrested On a charge of voyeurism The hunky cop Who attended the crime scene Told her to get dressed As the sun had friends in high places Geese Watching Trains Three […]
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The Window Cleaner
My father was a window cleaner He cleaned windows in my home town and the surrounding villages for over forty years During the war he was stationed in India and when on leave visited the Taj Mahal The visit changed him as a man For when he returned from his war All he could speak […]