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Rained off
Rained on
has the summer upped sticks and gone

well
that's not ******' cricket
isit?
However much time there is
it's never enough.
Swinging myself out of bed
thinking I'm Tarzan
but looking like Cheeta.

needs a shave, will travel.
not like
Will Shakespeare,

extraneous drivel?
but
it gets me through
and
makes me stronger
The doctor said,
I'll live much longer
if
I gave up smoking.

Shredded Wheat tastes like strawberries and cream
or they do in my dream,

anyhow
time to grow up now
become
Action Man
maybe
Superman
make that plan
and move on.
The twentieth century
was it good for you?
it wasn't for me.

I am to blame
I came
I saw
laid down on the floor
and
let it trample all over me.

no more for now.
Something in her voice
ethereal
more unreal than real,
it
makes me feel
kinda dizzy.
She
haunts me
constantly.
That seagull gave me the shock of my life
screaming as it flew past me,
I thought it was the wife.

That's a joke, dear,
gotta put that in
before
She reaches for the rolling pin.
England expects
so it did
and
it won,
the final
is going to be fun.

Politics on BBC Radio 4
what a bore
which is not a
wild pig
in case you were
wondering.
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