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"bloomin" poems
My unrequited golden dove, you are a merchant banker them bloomin' groovy bars are sad tonight but given the chance I wouldda gotten cash & carried & spent me porridge knife loving your mince pies had I not known you'd treat me golden dove thus & yes, been your trouble & strife with all me Horse & cart....... I know, not smart I know, not smart Translation: ( In English tis not a very impressive poem... it's just amusing how you can make cockney rhyming slang into a poem, so I've been experimenting.... I really want to send this to the guy I'm unrequitedly in love with actually... & leave him (hopefully)confused & in the dark as to what I wrote....mostly I just really want to call him a ' merchant banker' e.g ' wanker' & get away with it!! xD ' Wanker' is a particularly offensive term to use when referring to a man!) * My unrequited love you are a ****** them ****** stars are sad tonight but given the chance I would have gotten married & spent my life loving your eyes had I not known you would treat my love thus & yes, been your wife with all my heart I know, not smart I know, not smart*
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Oct 15, 2015
Oct 15, 2015 at 7:16 PM UTC
A Cockney Love Poem
if i could copy and paste you into my book i would. i'd lock you into the pages between my covers bookmarking your sweetest lines with my red silk ribbon i'd open you up and read your darkest secrets in still of night by candlelight and under full moon's glow, drip my honey'd words upon your tender heart. oh to copy and paste you into my book where our love affair could bloom in words. the only place it ever could. --bruised orange
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Oct 11, 2011
Oct 11, 2011 at 2:56 PM UTC
bloomin' words
Speakin’ in general, I’ave tried ’em all The ‘appy roads that take you o’er the world. Speakin’ in general, I’ave found them good For such as cannot use one bed too long, But must get ‘ence, the same as I’ave done, An’ go observin’ matters till they die. What do it matter where or ‘ow we die, So long as we’ve our ‘ealth to watch it all— The different ways that different things are done, An’ men an’ women lovin’ in this world; Takin’ our chances as they come along, An’ when they ain’t, pretendin’ they are good? In cash or credit—no, it aren’t no good; You’ve to ‘ave the ‘abit or you’d die, Unless you lived your life but one day long, Nor didn’t prophesy nor fret at all, But drew your tucker some’ow from the world, An’ never bothered what you might ha’ done. But, Gawd, what things are they I’aven’t done? I’ve turned my ‘and to most, an’ turned it good, In various situations round the world For ‘im that doth not work must surely die; But that’s no reason man should labour all ‘Is life on one same shift—life’s none so long. Therefore, from job to job I’ve moved along. Pay couldn’t ‘old me when my time was done, For something in my ‘ead upset it all, Till I’ad dropped whatever ’twas for good, An’, out at sea, be’eld the dock-lights die, An’ met my mate—the wind that tramps the world! It’s like a book, I think, this bloomin, world, Which you can read and care for just so long, But presently you feel that you will die Unless you get the page you’re readi’n’ done, An’ turn another—likely not so good; But what you’re after is to turn’em all. Gawd bless this world! Whatever she’oth done— Excep’ When awful long—I’ve found it good. So write, before I die, ” ‘E liked it all!”
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Sestina Of The Tramp-Royal
Speakin’ in general, I’ave tried ’em all The ‘appy roads that take you o’er the world. Speakin’ in general, I’ave found them good For such as cannot use one bed too long, But must get ‘ence, the same as I’ave done, An’ go observin’ matters till they die. What do it matter where or ‘ow we die, So long as we’ve our ‘ealth to watch it all— The different ways that different things are done, An’ men an’ women lovin’ in this world; Takin’ our chances as they come along, An’ when they ain’t, pretendin’ they are good? In cash or credit—no, it aren’t no good; You’ve to ‘ave the ‘abit or you’d die, Unless you lived your life but one day long, Nor didn’t prophesy nor fret at all, But drew your tucker some’ow from the world, An’ never bothered what you might ha’ done. But, Gawd, what things are they I’aven’t done? I’ve turned my ‘and to most, an’ turned it good, In various situations round the world For ‘im that doth not work must surely die; But that’s no reason man should labour all ‘Is life on one same shift—life’s none so long. Therefore, from job to job I’ve moved along. Pay couldn’t ‘old me when my time was done, For something in my ‘ead upset it all, Till I’ad dropped whatever ’twas for good, An’, out at sea, be’eld the dock-lights die, An’ met my mate—the wind that tramps the world! It’s like a book, I think, this bloomin, world, Which you can read and care for just so long, But presently you feel that you will die Unless you get the page you’re readi’n’ done, An’ turn another—likely not so good; But what you’re after is to turn’em all. Gawd bless this world! Whatever she’oth done— Excep’ When awful long—I’ve found it good. So write, before I die, ” ‘E liked it all!”
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Here is something I learnt today Be careful on what you spend your pay After a day of fun, I did not think And downed a pitcher of energy drink! Got to the pub at half past seven Drank Monster and Redbull until eleven Finally home and sleep I think But sadly not, bloomin energy drink! What is this madness, I wiggle my toes Why can’t I sleep , my eyes are closed I peek and see all my clothes are pink But still no sleep, bloomin energy drink! Some fine ideas come flooding to me Animation too seems just too easy I wonder if this is the missing link Nah, it’s the bloomin energy drink! So check the web, will I be alright? Paranoia seems so much worse at night Dad is up, my eyes don’t blink I’ll be fine he says, bloomin energy drink! So never again, I’ll be a good Daughter I’ll probably now just stick to water, You can drink so much just from the sink And no more bloomin energy drink!!
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Mar 25, 2022
Mar 25, 2022 at 6:44 AM UTC
ENERGY DRINK BLUES
The buzz in the air, you feel that, feel that? The tuxedoed men gonna deal that, deal that. And now that you're here, the show can begin Turn the lights down low, and the get the disc to spin. The ice starts meltin' and the floor gets hot, This parties gonna start whether you're ready or not. The seat over there, Sit in it, sit in it, Take a step back and watch while I'm spittin' it. There is no need to untrust us, Stand over there and watch while I bust this. There's no way to get into it, Close your eyes feel the beat and get intimate Rotate your thighs and breathe in the sin of it Rotate your mind, get high, keep on spinning it. Stop...and watch while it gets into me The musical blocks unlock and make a synergy. Said ready, steady, everybody get low, And the clubs get sweaty and we're ready to go. The air's getting heavy and hot and you know There's blood lust worse than Jaws and Cujo. Light the place up, it's covered in kerosene, The white's all over your face, oh, how embarrassing. The lines all over the floor, there so pretty, Take one sniff and you think you're so witty. I'm a bomb, I'm blowing up the club now, Can't escape the beat 'cause you don't know how, Gonna move your feet that's all you know how, Gonna feel the glow, the blow is so wow. I fall down, but I get up again, I fall down, but I get up again, I fall down, but I get up again, Yayo brings me up so I stand up and then I fall down, but I get up again, I fall down, but I get up again, I fall down, but I get up again, The powder knocks me down so I stay down and then There is no need to untrust us, Chopping the blocks, but there is no justice. Just lustless symmetry Closed my eyes 'cause the haze, it has enveloped me. Shut my eyes and clogged all of my arteries, I love the blow so much it is a part of me. You said this had turned into my enemy, But musical clocks tick-tock the beat right into me. And that's not where I get all of my energy, Jumper cables hooked up to A and D. And don't forget the CCs in DC, I got twenty more CCs left to inject me. High flying humans Set straight to zoomin', It's spicier now then curry or cumin, So full of life and we're only just bloomin'. Believe in the hype if only for a little bit, All that we need is white a just a little wit. The worlds right here if you can unriddle it, Play the last song and one more if it'll fit I fall down, but I get up again, I fall down, but I get up again, I fall down, but I get up again, Yayo brings me up so I stand up and then I fall down, but I get up again, I fall down, but I get up again, I fall down, but I get up again, The powder knocks me down so I stay down and then La cocaína is no good for you But the pony's still buckin', imma ride it through
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Nov 3, 2010
Nov 3, 2010 at 8:27 PM UTC
Untrust Me
The buzz in the air, you feel that, feel that? The tuxedoed men gonna deal that, deal that. And now that you're here, the show can begin Turn the lights down low, and the get the disc to spin. The ice starts meltin' and the floor gets hot, This parties gonna start whether you're ready or not. The seat over there, Sit in it, sit in it, Take a step back and watch while I'm spittin' it. There is no need to untrust us, Stand over there and watch while I bust this. There's no way to get into it, Close your eyes feel the beat and get intimate Rotate your thighs and breathe in the sin of it Rotate your mind, get high, keep on spinning it. Stop...and watch while it gets into me The musical blocks unlock and make a synergy. Said ready, steady, everybody get low, And the clubs get sweaty and we're ready to go. The air's getting heavy and hot and you know There's blood lust worse than Jaws and Cujo. Light the place up, it's covered in kerosene, The white's all over your face, oh, how embarrassing. The lines all over the floor, there so pretty, Take one sniff and you think you're so witty. I'm a bomb, I'm blowing up the club now, Can't escape the beat 'cause you don't know how, Gonna move your feet that's all you know how, Gonna feel the glow, the blow is so wow. I fall down, but I get up again, I fall down, but I get up again, I fall down, but I get up again, Yayo brings me up so I stand up and then I fall down, but I get up again, I fall down, but I get up again, I fall down, but I get up again, The powder knocks me down so I stay down and then There is no need to untrust us, Chopping the blocks, but there is no justice. Just lustless symmetry Closed my eyes 'cause the haze, it has enveloped me. Shut my eyes and clogged all of my arteries, I love the blow so much it is a part of me. You said this had turned into my enemy, But musical clocks tick-tock the beat right into me. And that's not where I get all of my energy, Jumper cables hooked up to A and D. And don't forget the CCs in DC, I got twenty more CCs left to inject me. High flying humans Set straight to zoomin', It's spicier now then curry or cumin, So full of life and we're only just bloomin'. Believe in the hype if only for a little bit, All that we need is white a just a little wit. The worlds right here if you can unriddle it, Play the last song and one more if it'll fit I fall down, but I get up again, I fall down, but I get up again, I fall down, but I get up again, Yayo brings me up so I stand up and then I fall down, but I get up again, I fall down, but I get up again, I fall down, but I get up again, The powder knocks me down so I stay down and then La cocaína is no good for you But the pony's still buckin', imma ride it through
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You make it in your mess-tin by the brazier's rosy gleam; You watch it cloud, then settle amber clear; You lift it with your bay'nit, and you sniff the fragrant steam; The very breath of it is ripe with cheer. You're awful cold and ***** and a-cursin' of your lot; You scoff the blushin' 'alf of it, so rich and rippin' 'ot; It bucks you up like anythink, just seems to touch the spot: God bless the man that first discovered Tea! Since I came out to fight in France, which ain't the other day, I think I've drunk enough to float a barge; All kinds of fancy foreign dope, from caffy and doo lay, To *** they serves you out before a charge. In back rooms of estaminays I've gurgled pints of cham; I've swilled down mugs of cider till I've felt a bloomin' dam; But 'struth! they all ain't in it with the vintage of Assam: God bless the man that first invented Tea! I think them lazy lumps o' gods wot kips on asphodel Swigs nectar that's a flavour of Oolong; I only wish them sons o' guns a-grillin' down in 'ell Could 'ave their daily ration of Suchong. Hurrah! I'm off to battle, which is 'ell and 'eaven too; And if I don't give some poor bloke a sexton's job to do, To-night, by Fritz's campfire, won't I 'ave a gorgeous brew (For fightin' mustn't interfere with Tea). To-night we'll all be tellin' of the Boches that we slew, As we drink the giddy victory in Tea.
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A *** Of Tea
The first time I died, it wasn’t intentional and it was only in my head. I keep dying, I keep staying alive, nothing is intentional. They told me to put glitter on my scars, to cut off my fingers and toes and feed them to the earth, they told me to live in ways that forced people to look at me. So I cut my hair, dyed it any color, made people look. What happened was, they stared more at my knuckles, skin that spoke “STAY HERE” and I knew that scared them. Put glitter on your scars, they said. Put paint on your body, push ink up under your fingernails, tell the world you are alive in all the ways you can. So I sang my life on city streetcorners, I screamed my life in fast-moving cars on the highway, I closed my eyes while I was driving straight and I am alive, alive, alive. I keep dying though. Everyday I keep dying and it still feels fresh now, like a new bruise just barely bloomin’ under your skin or your coat. I keep screamin’ to keep the demons at bay, I keep writing to keep the mania movin’ and groovin’ to what life is now. I keep killin’ in my head, I keep killin’ the demons, but sometimes they touch the back of my eyeballs so gentle, I cry so deep, I leak I leak I leak. Put glitter on your scars, they said. I will keep trying. My home is a place in my heart that I haven’t found yet, my home is watercolors and ink and blood. To the ones who have wondered, I am still alive. Some days I barely speak, but don’t worry because I am still so alive, I am still screaming to myself, I am still putting glitter on my scars, I am still writing life into my skin, I am still putting water and sun on my face. I am still curling my toes when I hear good songs. I am still wanting to run when the boys look at me. I know they want. I know I want something else, something you. I have turned my bruises into landscapes, my fingers into dancing sprawling actions, my fists are still here, I swear. They still say “STAY HERE.”
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Sep 27, 2012
Sep 27, 2012 at 2:27 AM UTC
My Psychiatrist Asked if I Knew How to Use the Knife I Carry Around For Protection, and I laughed, "No." "Well, thank God you have it."
The first time I died, it wasn’t intentional and it was only in my head. I keep dying, I keep staying alive, nothing is intentional. They told me to put glitter on my scars, to cut off my fingers and toes and feed them to the earth, they told me to live in ways that forced people to look at me. So I cut my hair, dyed it any color, made people look. What happened was, they stared more at my knuckles, skin that spoke “STAY HERE” and I knew that scared them. Put glitter on your scars, they said. Put paint on your body, push ink up under your fingernails, tell the world you are alive in all the ways you can. So I sang my life on city streetcorners, I screamed my life in fast-moving cars on the highway, I closed my eyes while I was driving straight and I am alive, alive, alive. I keep dying though. Everyday I keep dying and it still feels fresh now, like a new bruise just barely bloomin’ under your skin or your coat. I keep screamin’ to keep the demons at bay, I keep writing to keep the mania movin’ and groovin’ to what life is now. I keep killin’ in my head, I keep killin’ the demons, but sometimes they touch the back of my eyeballs so gentle, I cry so deep, I leak I leak I leak. Put glitter on your scars, they said. I will keep trying. My home is a place in my heart that I haven’t found yet, my home is watercolors and ink and blood. To the ones who have wondered, I am still alive. Some days I barely speak, but don’t worry because I am still so alive, I am still screaming to myself, I am still putting glitter on my scars, I am still writing life into my skin, I am still putting water and sun on my face. I am still curling my toes when I hear good songs. I am still wanting to run when the boys look at me. I know they want. I know I want something else, something you. I have turned my bruises into landscapes, my fingers into dancing sprawling actions, my fists are still here, I swear. They still say “STAY HERE.”
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You are a bloomin' kiss, I wouldn't want to miss this. Dancing around the room, Circling the lovely moon. Hand in cool hand, We'll dance and dance and dance. Kiss me until I fall away, 'Till I'm nothing but foamy waves.
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May 27, 2013
May 27, 2013 at 11:15 PM UTC
My Sailor Leaves by Morning Tide.
My old man's a dustman He's in the pub today He'd be there all the bloomin' time If he had his way My old man's a dustman He don't give it's all take He plays his banjo late at night And keeps us all awake My old man's a dustman He loves his missus so He wouldn't swap her for the world I think she'd swap him though My old man's a dustman He once met the Queen He kept his hands behind his back 'Cos they weren't very clean My old man's a dustman He's really quite a card Friday night he'll take you on If you think you're 'ard My old man's a dustman He knows my Auntie Jean Every time she sees him She does a little scream My old man's a dustman Making no mistake When he finally pops his clogs There'll be quite a wake
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Feb 27, 2013
Feb 27, 2013 at 4:28 PM UTC
My old man's a dustman
I won the bloomin' lottery, Cor blimey so I did! No more scrubbin' socks for me, I've won ten million quid! I'm goin' on a ****** Nuffin's gonna bring me down; I'll be the biggest spender, Gonna buy the whole **** town! My new found wealth is awesome, Have you seen my mansion pool? I play tennis in a foursome, And my coach is really cool; On Wednesday's its Pilates, And on Sunday's it's Judo! Now I'm jetting to the Maldives, Toodle-pip -- I have to go! One finds oneself most indisposed, To do this interview; One's butler will be swift deposed, For letting you get through; One will accede to your request, Tho' Sir, this is your lot; Despite the wealth with which one's blessed, One has not changed a jot!
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Jul 28, 2014
Jul 28, 2014 at 12:54 AM UTC
One Lucky Winner
Imaginary Lover I have talked about the concern the concern for my heart feeling left alone the mind creating an imaginary lover a lover who is mine and only mine the loneliness too often makes my heart burn I am afraid it just might turn to stone seeking asylum underneath the cover satisfaction is guaranteed every time though she is the perfect woman more perfect than I could ever deserve she takes my every breath I breathe asks me to love her in every single way her lips are like strawberries bloomin' dangerous because of all her tight curves anything she whispers to me I believe I ask her to visit me every single day I reach to touch her but she is not there I never get to hear her magic song her gut string strums on a moonbeam I cannot tell her much I love her that's the sad part of this love affair is when I awaken and she has gone once again she was just a dream a pillow of my mind my imaginary lover Gomer LePoet ....
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May 28, 2013
May 28, 2013 at 10:47 PM UTC
Imaginary Lover
The other day I phoned a friend, I shan't be usin' names "Not alright, I tell ya, Gee, my eyeball's shootin' flames!" "Owie! Owie! Owie! Oh!, Chiliman I like ya so do tell me what has happened though I know you will be well" "While chopping jalapenos without the proper guise I washed my hands both 'fore and aft' but much to my demise I went to pop my contact in and soon would realize a flaming side of poppers and a sizzling batch of fries!" Well I knew he wasn't faking and it took me by surprise that my heart was feeling something which I couldn't minimize he must have sensed me crying, guess it opened up his eyes........... (that awkward length of silence which one-sided love implies) and sensing he could break me down, I felt I must disguise so I layered up and told him, "I've got onions in my eyes!" "Woe is you and oh so woe, Gee girl how I like you so tell me what has happened though I know you will be well." "While chopping up the onions without the proper guise I washed my hands before and aft' but much to my demise can't blame me now for hoping we could do without the lies But I'm just a bloomin' onion and I need to guard my...eyes." And with the sharin' of the troubles and the things that caused us pain there's comfort in the knowing, for what else have we to gain? But if I lose you then tomorrow, because today I have been real Best I learned another thing, to hold back what I feel. And when everything which must be added is put in the Chili-man's crock a five-to-one hand wash of water and bleach is best to avoid pepper shock.
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Dec 14, 2013
Dec 14, 2013 at 11:56 PM UTC
Chilimanzeye
The other day I phoned a friend, I shan't be usin' names "Not alright, I tell ya, Gee, my eyeball's shootin' flames!" "Owie! Owie! Owie! Oh!, Chiliman I like ya so do tell me what has happened though I know you will be well" "While chopping jalapenos without the proper guise I washed my hands both 'fore and aft' but much to my demise I went to pop my contact in and soon would realize a flaming side of poppers and a sizzling batch of fries!" Well I knew he wasn't faking and it took me by surprise that my heart was feeling something which I couldn't minimize he must have sensed me crying, guess it opened up his eyes........... (that awkward length of silence which one-sided love implies) and sensing he could break me down, I felt I must disguise so I layered up and told him, "I've got onions in my eyes!" "Woe is you and oh so woe, Gee girl how I like you so tell me what has happened though I know you will be well." "While chopping up the onions without the proper guise I washed my hands before and aft' but much to my demise can't blame me now for hoping we could do without the lies But I'm just a bloomin' onion and I need to guard my...eyes." And with the sharin' of the troubles and the things that caused us pain there's comfort in the knowing, for what else have we to gain? But if I lose you then tomorrow, because today I have been real Best I learned another thing, to hold back what I feel. And when everything which must be added is put in the Chili-man's crock a five-to-one hand wash of water and bleach is best to avoid pepper shock.
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I've gone barmy !! My mind's gone down the drain I've gone barmy !! I'm really quite insane I've gone barmy !! Bonkers, bloomin' jolly I've gone barmy!! It's true .. i'm off my trolley You've gone barmy !! That's what my shrink he said I'm afraid that i must tell you You've lost it in the head !! So i thanked him with a raspberry And then ran up the road And shouted " i've gone barmy !" Two bricks short of a load ! I've gone barmy !! There are no if's or buts I've gone barmy !! Now i know i'm nuts I've gone barmy !! I'll tell you something pally I've gone barmy !! I'm bleedin' well doolalee !! So if you think you're barmy !! Sing this song with me Shower with your clothes on And barmy you will be !! Dance around the living room Hopping on one foot Blowing lots of raspberries !! If you want to be a nut !.
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Sep 7, 2010
Sep 7, 2010 at 12:34 PM UTC
The barmy song
saintly sitting high hill dawn sweetly bloomin give it me give it up give it me me sweetly makin love with you who you or... well whomever simply sweatin workin hard sweetly smellin anyway saintly sittin high hill dawn seein ya all down below on the pilgrim road
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Aug 23, 2010
Aug 23, 2010 at 2:06 PM UTC
saintly sittin
So tired and poemed out got this one then got nowt want to do more love and hope so tired I'm feeling like a dope words are crawling to the screen tripping on the keyboard in between hungry but tofar gone to eat stuck in this familiar seat got to drag myslf to bed and get a pillow for my head wistful here so all alone not even my cat yet at my home curl up like a tiny mouse in his chilly winter house those last two lines were quite prophetic hang on, no, the word's pathetic getting desperate for a rhyme go now, quick it's past bed time!
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Feb 14, 2011
Feb 14, 2011 at 2:52 PM UTC
Bloomin' Tired
Tommy I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer, The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here." The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die, I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I: O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away"; But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play, The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play, O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play. I went into a theatre as sober as could be, They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me; They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls, But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls! For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside"; But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide, The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide, O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide. Yes, **makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;** An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit. Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?" But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll, The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll, O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll. We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too, But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you; An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints, Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints; While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind", But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind, There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind, O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind. **You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all: We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational. Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace. For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!" But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot; An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please; An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!**
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Apr 15, 2015
Apr 15, 2015 at 1:34 PM UTC
Rudyard Kipling
Tommy I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer, The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here." The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die, I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I: O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away"; But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play, The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play, O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play. I went into a theatre as sober as could be, They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me; They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls, But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls! For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside"; But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide, The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide, O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide. Yes, **makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;** An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit. Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?" But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll, The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll, O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll. We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too, But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you; An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints, Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints; While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind", But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind, There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind, O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind. **You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all: We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational. Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace. For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!" But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot; An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please; An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!**
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Arm gooin' daàn me muvva's An arm gonna goo by buz Cos me feet am bloomin' urtin' An I aint got me an oss Then arm off to ave some bevvies An arm gonna get kaylied If yow'm in the Jolly Nailor Then arl shaàt ya one inside Doh goo bein' a soft apeth Doh goo doin' owt thats daft Cos when yow'v dun ad' a skinful Then yow know yow just get saft If ar doh see yow befow'r yow goo Arl see yow on anon Cos arm kippin' on the sofa Raànd me mums aàs back up um
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Mar 18, 2015
Mar 18, 2015 at 9:24 AM UTC
Daàn Me Muvva's
Lydia sat on the red painted tile doorstep waiting to see if Benny would come along she breathed heavily angry and frustrated her mother had just told her that she(Lydia) and Benny could not go to Edinburgh or Southend by train as they had wished she had tried to explain to her mother the plan but her mother wasn't having it in fact she had bellowed NO NO NO so loud that her big sister Gloria was disturbed drunkenly in the bed she shared with Lydia she watched the milkman pull up in his horse drawn wagon and take out 2 bottles of milk and walked with them across the way and put them on the doorstep then walked back the horse was eating from a nosebag Lydia sat a few more minutes if Benny hadn't showed she'd go and find him and tell him the bad news the man with the boxer dog walked past doffed his cap and smiled then walked on then she saw Benny galloping(on his pretend horse) up from the slope and into the Square she stared at him then waved him over he galloped towards her she felt angry and tearful Benny rode up to the red painted tile doorstep what's up? he said smiling we can't go she said pouting can't go where? he said his horse vanishing into thin air can't go to Edinburgh or Southend by train she said who said? he said my mum said no no no but louder Lydia said Benny sat on the doorstep beside her she said at 9 we were too young Lydia said looking at him her lower lip pouting more I'll have a word with her Benny said turning around to stare at the front door won't make any difference she said no Lydia said persuasion can sometimes work Benny said my mum said if you want something bad enough you must like that Scottish king bloke try and try again you can try I suppose Lydia said they got up from the step and Benny knocked on the front door and they waited the door opened (after a few minutes) and Lydia's mother stood there hair in a scarf and a cigarette hanging from the corner of her mouth and arms folded why'd you knocked the door? she said to Lydia you bloomin live here I knocked Benny said what do you want then? the mother said we want to go to Southend Benny said we are willing to forgo Edinburgh until later but Southend is a must for us as a sort of a trial run the mother stared at him coldly I've told her now I'm telling you you're too young to go anywhere at 9 years old so the answer is the same NO she bellowed and slammed the door shut Benny stared at the door Lydia sat down again and stared at the milkman walking his horse along to the next block of flats plan B the Benny said plan B? Lydia said what's that? we go anyway but say nothing to them he said arms folded a determined look about his face do we dare? she said of course Benny said working the plan b out inside his 9 year old head.
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Jul 26, 2016
Jul 26, 2016 at 2:03 AM UTC
BENNY'S PLAN B 1957.
Lydia sat on the red painted tile doorstep waiting to see if Benny would come along she breathed heavily angry and frustrated her mother had just told her that she(Lydia) and Benny could not go to Edinburgh or Southend by train as they had wished she had tried to explain to her mother the plan but her mother wasn't having it in fact she had bellowed NO NO NO so loud that her big sister Gloria was disturbed drunkenly in the bed she shared with Lydia she watched the milkman pull up in his horse drawn wagon and take out 2 bottles of milk and walked with them across the way and put them on the doorstep then walked back the horse was eating from a nosebag Lydia sat a few more minutes if Benny hadn't showed she'd go and find him and tell him the bad news the man with the boxer dog walked past doffed his cap and smiled then walked on then she saw Benny galloping(on his pretend horse) up from the slope and into the Square she stared at him then waved him over he galloped towards her she felt angry and tearful Benny rode up to the red painted tile doorstep what's up? he said smiling we can't go she said pouting can't go where? he said his horse vanishing into thin air can't go to Edinburgh or Southend by train she said who said? he said my mum said no no no but louder Lydia said Benny sat on the doorstep beside her she said at 9 we were too young Lydia said looking at him her lower lip pouting more I'll have a word with her Benny said turning around to stare at the front door won't make any difference she said no Lydia said persuasion can sometimes work Benny said my mum said if you want something bad enough you must like that Scottish king bloke try and try again you can try I suppose Lydia said they got up from the step and Benny knocked on the front door and they waited the door opened (after a few minutes) and Lydia's mother stood there hair in a scarf and a cigarette hanging from the corner of her mouth and arms folded why'd you knocked the door? she said to Lydia you bloomin live here I knocked Benny said what do you want then? the mother said we want to go to Southend Benny said we are willing to forgo Edinburgh until later but Southend is a must for us as a sort of a trial run the mother stared at him coldly I've told her now I'm telling you you're too young to go anywhere at 9 years old so the answer is the same NO she bellowed and slammed the door shut Benny stared at the door Lydia sat down again and stared at the milkman walking his horse along to the next block of flats plan B the Benny said plan B? Lydia said what's that? we go anyway but say nothing to them he said arms folded a determined look about his face do we dare? she said of course Benny said working the plan b out inside his 9 year old head.
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Wind and rain,sleet and snow,it's ****** cold and here we go, the electric board says I can't afford to keep my heating on,so I had to switch it off,that's why I have a hacking cough and I've got the bleedin' cold. The gas man said,'you're in the red and there'll be no gas for you' so I sit here bloomin' shivering, I think I might have 'flu. Can't afford to heat or eat this world is cheating me,the odds are stacked and so I've packed, I'll find somewhere that's free. Free range,free change,fresh air for me,electric,gas and all for free and then let's see who comes out on top. We're being jumped on,pumped out,put upon and someone's getting rich,it feels like we are all in jail and we are someone's ***** and them credit scores and store cards hit me when I'm down,it seems like every time I sail into the town a sale sails into me. I think I want to,must do,have to find somewhere that's free.
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Jan 7, 2014
Jan 7, 2014 at 1:34 AM UTC
January clearout
lover of love's long lost history you are so intrinsically dear to me and i know you can hear the beat when our hands go blistering i love the neapolitan but not naples listen to how the city sings like the others but she buys time and barely bothers to remove her appropriating staples she is a reflection of a reflection of a reflection of a reflection but you, my dear neapolitans, how holistically human you happen to be and what a human thing to do to braid oneself with a few ventricles of other hearts unseen you are not special insofar as you are human and the home you make mistakes you for a permanent resident, assumes you are a planted person whose sole purpose is bloomin but you are dynamic, not static you do not live in someone's attic you move around, the ground beneath you isn't bequeathed to staying beneath you, you keep moving and loving and all of the aboving because our love isn't something that can be taken away by a location change or how 21,000 hearts are arranged
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Apr 3, 2018
Apr 3, 2018 at 5:37 PM UTC
to love the neapolitan, to critique naples
Once upon a time There was a little seed Who laid outside in the cold Getting strangled by the **** But there came a draught The **** did not survive But the little seed was strong, The little seed was alive. After that the rain came Rivers started to flow, The little seed used this chance To grow and grow and grow... When the winter was gone, When there was not one more shower The little seed looked up at the sky And the little seed was a flower!
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Jan 20, 2014
Jan 20, 2014 at 1:14 PM UTC
Bloomin’ Weather
The trees they are a blowin’ The songs are being sung The smell of spring upon us A taste of winter is almost gone The sun it is a shinin’ A little warmer every day The flowers they are a bloomin’ And the bees are out to play The people they are a smilin’ It must be something in the rays The cool breeze is almost finished Taking the cold winter air away The children they are a laughin’ The birds are surely chirpin’ The world is still as crazy But is prayin’ and a hopin’ Enjoy a ray or two this evening And the moonlight later on Make love until you move no more And repeat it on and on Brockman ©
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Jan 27, 2011
Jan 27, 2011 at 10:00 AM UTC
On And On
Whatever your heart wants most in life... The kind of things that you do not get Which might just depress or even make sad Whatever your heart can desire like this It couldn’t possibly have Which is why in the first place Your blasted, bloomin, beggin heart Most definitely wants but cannot have Whatever it is it’s desires so bad And you don’t have to quote me when I say that Just go ahead and trace one of your heart-strings back To the unwinding thing which you couldn’t have
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Mar 8, 2017
Mar 8, 2017 at 10:29 PM UTC
Most Desires
Just a lonely somebody walked up and said "How do you do the things that seem simple like being happy?" Who can respond to such blatant honesty in a socially acceptable way? Butterflies bloomin' intervention season no real reason, but sun and moon and weather are effective in ruining moods we're little animals deep way down almost cute and endearing if it weren't for brains and opinions and feelings then we'd be perfect little non-humans who wouldn't be happy but at least we wouldn't know the difference between two greater goods and a hand full of disappointments.
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Aug 6, 2012
Aug 6, 2012 at 12:36 PM UTC
Thwarted