Inspired by an episode of ‘Paddington’

and with apologies to the Bard!

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Shall I compare thee to a marmalade

Sandwich?  Thou art more wholesome and more sweet.

Even if the filling was farmhouse made

And the bread was baked using artisan wheat!

Marm’lade sandwiches have all too short a date.

They’re eaten before the kettle ha...

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Watching the full moon

Coming out of the monsoon cloud

-In the middle of the lonely night

After the downpour

The sky seems to be smiling

Like her eyes

Shining bright and vivid

In our midnight paradise

Her eyes; brimming over in ecstasy

These sleepless nights

Bring her memories back

Not in pain nor in consolation

I can still count her ste...

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I'm to leave now

A tall ghost is carrying my bag

A long street is walking behind me

A mad merchant bought my smiles

And no water to renew the dusk

I can't have my step begun

Even if the rain washed my tears

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I'm to leave now

Can I have a deep look at your eyes?

Can I take my dreams, your smile

And my dried red rose?

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Romeo  Romeo - where for art thou Romeo?

Speak that I should hear your voice, rejoice

that deafened ear should hear you call my name…

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The quality of love is not defined,

yet trippeth from the tongue with gentle ease,

to each and every one of us a meaning

as fickle as the feather on a breeze

Speak not to me, I pray, of star crossed lovers...

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