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Philosophical Holly

A philosophical young lady named Holly

Owns an old and interesting folly.

I’ve talked of philosophy

With pretty Miss Lee –

But now lets discuss Holly’s folly …

Desires

I have desired

The fire

And sought for sparks

In another’s heart.

 

I have made art

From lust and dust

And found fleeting charms

In no lover’s arms.

 

I have heard words

And known the lies.

But a girl’s thighs

Delight. And the night

Covers many a fall.

 

I lost my grace

Many years ago

And know

The sadness that hides behind

The painted face,

The silk and lace.

 

Yet we both smile

And play the game

For we all fall

In the end

Be we lovers.

Or a kind of friend.

Lou’s Irish Stew

I met a young lady named Lou

Who lay bathing in Irish Stew.

When I played on my flute

She said, “do you like beetroot?

And do join me in this stew!”

 

With the Dark

With the dark

And the light

In my heart

I make art.

 

I play a part.

The stage light

Illumines the night.

 

For a while

I smile

Then comes the dark.

 

 

Missing Dinner

There once was a terrible old sinner

Who ate all of my Christmas dinner!

I locked him away

Until New Year’s Day

And ignored his cries for his dinner!

Closing

The clock ticks another year towards its close.

Winter’s clothes will soon replace autumn’s leaf-strewn face.

Spring lies well concealed in the wings

And summertime is a half remembered rhyme

In the ageing poet’s mind

Where everything repeats

And time defeats.

Until all as leaves fall.

Pantomime

She makes no confession

Of her profession

As out of her clothes she slips.

They joke that “it’s friends with benefits”.

 

The clock ticks

And Cinderela is gone.

But no shoe is left behind

For a prince to find.

 

There is no Fairy Godmother.

Yet girls discover

A lover of a kind

In this passing pantomime

Lou Who Got Stuck in Glue

I know a young lady named Lou

Who got stuck in a pot of glue.

When I said, “you’re a snob!”

She called me a yob!

She’s always been stuck up has Lou!

 

Secret Desires

Dreams may express our secret desires.

Those hidden fires

From which many recoil

When awake.

Yet, some partake

And even pour oil

On their dreams.

Their fantasy burns

And  turns into reality.

Ere banality returns

And secret shame burns.