Stars on the night sky
Are icicles on the roof
In a in freezer
That has not been defrosted
For an awfully long time

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Into my café
Came whispering elephant
Drank hot chocolate
Ate fifty five croissants
Then, trumpeted like Satchmo

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Hurricane Irene
Poured rain on Manhattan
The world press aghast
A coast guard shack damaged
U.S. under siege again

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Dusty dance hall
Empty for twenty years
Echo of last waltz
Murmurs from wallflowers… are
A sad whisper in the night

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Over seventy
Time for countdown days
Ready for blast off
Be forever the blowing wind
Ripples on Nirvana’s strand

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Shadorma My Lovely

Shadorma about love

My dearest
I do remember
Loving you
Forever
Words were so easy back then
But I spoke the truth

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Accept old age
The smug tellers of lies say
Accord is mortal
The smug think they are undying
Liars fear the truth

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Air travel
Like number nine to Garston
Lost its lustre
You will get nothing to eat
but you can buy well travelled food

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Full face veil
Like the ghost of a schooner
Sails through our town
We fear and want her banned
A Muslim woman shopping.

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Marilyn Monroe
I loved her so greatly
I wedded, a blond
She spoke with a scouse accent
When her roots turned russet.

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