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Decibels

Carol's a novice bell-ringer

campanology is her forte

she pulls my bell with gusto

at night especially naughty

 

she couldn't leave me alone

never enjoyed a silent night

my bell was at her mercy, a

fast Treble Bob her's by right

 

in the bell-tower she excelled

Christmas peals lit the snow

triples at the end of her rope

enough to lay a reverend low

 

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Strays

far end of the graveyard

cant find it for tall weeds

but why did I come here?

thorn pricks, leg bleeds

 

this grass needs cutting

Billy always was a liar

there's daffodils dead

more blood from a briar

 

should have put on a coat

hurt me when he strayed

its starting to snow again

not only me he betrayed

 

trips on a trailing bramble

marble knocks her ...

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Heartfall

hanging there its waiting

each and every little part

dangling just on the edge

the avalanche in my heart

 

snow melted has frozen,

stones skitter on a rink,

quick to rip and tumble

before I can even think

 

waiting at a precipice

crawling ever nearer

my fate in your hands

kismet never clearer

 

further descent of snow

dead weight on icy rock

I can...

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