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paul sheridan 2d
I was a pretentious little sod
reading yeats
during my breaks
at work

of course they laughed at me!
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paul sheridan 2d
well one of us is drunk
your blouse is wet
where you spilt your wine
I offered to

get you
another faux pas -
I meant another wine!
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paul sheridan 2d
life’s a mere puddle
wasn’t there for long,
it seeped into the soil
and then, it was gone
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paul sheridan 2d
the art of hurrying off
want to go for a drink?
yes, I do, rather,
so please excuse me   ..
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paul sheridan 3d
the beats
tried reading kerouac
but I couldn’t
likewise ginsberg

but I liked reading
ferlinghetti, corso and o’hara
particularly     ..
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paul sheridan 3d
irene adler
holmes knew every alleyway,
every insalubrious inn,
every criminal mastermind,

all the best clubs in london
and yet, he didn’t know her
but oh, she knew him    ..
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paul sheridan 4d
apart from growing old
started drinking and smoking in
the nineteen seventies
carried on reading books and look,
I haven’t changed that much
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