There was a young lady named Ocean
Who brewed a potent love potion.
It was taken by a hoary old sailor
(Who went by the name of Tailor),
I hear he got lost in the ocean.
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There was a young lady named Ocean
Who brewed a potent love potion.
It was composed of sea salt
And no one could halt
The effects of that potent love potion!
A young student ‘twas
Who did it because
She had spent her loan
And being alone,
Took a decision rash
To raise some cash.
A man of the world he was
Who did it because
He saw
Just another she
– Merely a whore,
For what does it matter
When a girl’s dreams shatter?
There was a young writer named Coaker
Who’s work was considered mediocre.
When the critics criticised,
He rolled his eyes
And whacked them with a poker!
There was a young policeman named Glass
Who had a great fear of the mass.
When the mob engaged in riot
He would go very quiet.
His nerves where brittle as glass
A building flood.
A fire in the blood
Consumes,
Assumes
Control
Of his immortal soul.
The flood subsides.
The fire dies,
And she hies
Away
Leaving him to pray,
For what? he can not say.
Refusal may cause offence.
His defence
To play the wit
And sit
On the fence.
It is easier to flirt,
As a “no” would hurt.
But those who refuse to speak
Will forever seek.
There was a young lady from Bombay
Who used to live down my way.
She sang like a bird
But today I heard
That she flew back home to Bombay
There was a poet who lacked the art
To hide what lived in his heart.
He could not conceal.
His verse was gritty and real,
So they pilloried him for his art.
There was a young lady named Jane
Who’s stiletto got stuck in a drain.
Her best friend Lou
Lent her a shoe,
And the stiletto remained in the drain!
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The book
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