Lonely Poet's Complaint

No-one seems to read my verse!
Is it getting worse?
Or am I under some kind of curse?

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Odi et amo (after Catullus)

Loving and hating you's all very well,
But why do I do it when I'm going through hell?

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Old Acquaintance

A little bit older,
A little bit colder,
And a helluva gigantic chip on your shoulder! !

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Stalin

Stalin was a lovely guy,
He let 42 million people die.
In case you wonder why,
He said it was 'just a statistic'.

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A Few Syllables on the European Union

EU?
not me!

won't work
you'll see

there's too many rules
made by silly fools

don't join
stay free

EU?
not me!

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A Short One for Smokers

According to her folks
She smokes and smokes and smokes
And never chokes.
It's all a bloody hoax,
So cheer up, blokes! !

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Secrets

Sweet p*nis of gonorrhea,
I long for you in the hollow season,
And dream of you with dark unreason
Soft *nus of hysteria.

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Nursery Rhyme for Iraq

Jack and Jill
Went up the hill
To watch
The Iraq slaughter.

Jack said 'Blair!
It isn't fair! '
(Silence.
And no laughter.)

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Freedom of Speech

Beware of the Mind Police!
You might get caught,
They'll put a microchip in your brain:
You won't even have Freedom of Thought!

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Those Were the Days!

I long for the days when we walked in the sunlight,
Grinning at the trees and flowers
And the wild tuberculosis of demented Landrovers.

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