Death on the level crossing
Not hit by a train
But crushed beneath the gate
Death by poisoning
Not rat killer or agent orange
Ate a lozenge past its sell-by date
Death by chocolate
Not the cocoa content or overeating
Slipped on a choc-ice at the match
And landed badly on some metal seating
Death by drowning
Not in the oceans mighty swell
But in the tears I wept
When you said farewell
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Apologies if you've read this before. I put it up a couple of years ago I think. But I'm getting a new book of poems together and thought I might give a few of them an airing.
Meanwhile - I'd love you to listen to one or two of my songs. See the whizzy thing on the left.
awww....
Roger are you the wizzy thing on the left?
i don't remember reading this, but it's beautiful. the first verses didn't prepare me for the last, which i thought was simply beautiful.
Put me in mind of Parker's "Resumé"--
Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.
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