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Roses are asleep
under a calm autumn sky
night breezes drift by

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Under the ocean
a hidden world of its own
beauty beyond words

3

Under the lamp-post
a woman anxiously waits
it is past midnight

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Cyclist in the night
riding across a steep hill
no one is in sight

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City bars are closed
the waiters are rushing home
it is two a.m

Ding **** bell
***** in the well...

But
Let me tell
This fat man's tale was hell.

In Melbourne's city main street named Pell
Into a manhole he fell
It took six men under Brigadier Mac Mell
To rescue him--he survived a trauma but was physically well.

Twinkle, twinkle little star
You are a busybody
I'm lying in the field with my love tonight
I don't want anyone to see.

Twinkle, twinkle nosey star
Don't you broadcast what you see tonight
I am with the Princess of Persia
I know you would do what is right.

Old MacDonald had a farm
A very pretty wife too
They had 20 kids
Cows, chickens and ducks quite a few.

Old MacDonald no longer has a farm
He has donated it to charity
Yesterday he won the US Powerball
Total prize of USD 500 million-biggest in US history.

Fishes swim in the sea
Birds fly above
My fair maiden
You were born for me to love.

The last time you said to me
' Don't you ever come near my side'
I should warn you, sweet maiden
Millions of girls like you won't end up as a bride.

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down, my fair lady
Now let me tell you
My sad story.

The Aussie market is falling down
Falling down,  I am so unhappy
I'll sing this song no more
I'm caught up in Melbourne's Court of Bankruptcy.

Too much of serious verse I've written
It's time I tried the comic
But it's just as hard
I don't know the trick.

A professor of poetry in Melbourne said to me:
' Enrol yourself in the School Of Comic Verse-
You were not born a writer
It can't do you any worse'