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Spinning Jenny [song version]
Spinning Jenny
When times were hard old Reg Malone
Sent his daughters out to work
And they all went out diligently
Not being ones to shirk
Maria went to Hagenbach’s
And helped to bake the bread
While Jenny went to Albion Mills
To weave the worsted thread
She worked the uncombed worsted yarn
As swift and skilled as any
And those who knew her said of her
...Tuesday 22nd October 2024 12:21 pm
Heart Of Stone
Heart Of Stone
Medusa couldn’t get a boy
No matter how she tried
She had a go at on-line dating
But on her profile she lied
She was hoping for some desperate lad
Looking for a bride
But when she posted pictures
They would run away and hide
She spends many an hour
Teasing and straightening her snakes
And applying subtle make-up
To up the beauty stakes
...Friday 15th May 2020 2:52 pm
Eviction
Eviction
They were young
and cowering in an alley,
fearful for the future,
as sirens screeched
around them.
The sky a molten white
of churning clouds.
Everyone running,
colliding, jostling,
trying to be anywhere
but here.
She turned to him
with moist eyes
and lips the colour
of arterial blood.
When he tilted
her chin upwards
her gaze never left
the yellowing smoke
unt...
Monday 26th January 2015 7:54 pm
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