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Jun 2023
I have a stand-in that stands in for me
when I can't be arsed to get off the settee,
I use him to change the channels on
the black and white TV

he doesn't seem to mind
seems almost blind to my
laziness,

I call him slim
which is what I used to be
when I wasn't glued to the settee
watching the TV.
John Edward Smallshaw
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John Edward Smallshaw  69/Here and now
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