Mike Mesterton-Gibbons: Fog On The Thames
Amber warning: whenever you hear
An MP saying, "Let me be clear,"
There emerges a haze
That will make your eyes glaze
Over, watching the facts disappear!
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Martin Parker: The Ache’s Progress
The treatment of dental caries
varies
from drillings
and fillings
to glue-ins
and screw-ins.
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Terry Cree: The Funny Side
Ageing is very confusing;
the bits of yourself you keep losing
were once de rigueur
for the person you were,
though to others it's very amusing
that the characteristics they knew
are reduced from a lot to a few;
by progressive regressions.
A dozen obsessions
become what remains of old you.
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Steven Kent: Three Tailgaters
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
Although that ranger guy's a creep.
In the room the women come and go
And Pam won't pay her tab or tip, I know.
He holds him with his glittering eye
(Well, that and half an apple pie).
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Bruce Bennett: The Annals of Power
Lord Acton was right about power.
We learn that each day and each hour.
A little bit’s bad.
A lot drives one mad!
We crouch in our corners and cower.
Best not. Best to stand up and fight.
Take courage! Take arms! Shine a light!
The Dark will retreat.
We’ll take back each street.
Then we’ll use our power to do right!
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L. A. Mereoie: Cuts In The Capitol
Eight plotters thought Rome would applaud
With Caesar once fatally floored
But Mark Antony's skill
Led to mobs howling 'Kill!',
A battle, and fall on a sword.
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Air Contrition: Mike Mesterton-Gibbons
By September the 5th, summer'd gone.
Is it me that the blame should fall on?
Did my actions that day
Send the summer away? –
It's the day they installed my air con!
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Margaret Owen Ruckert: Never Mind The Food Miles
I'm dreaming of cute macaroons
Surrounded by birthday balloons.
They’ve circled the earth
Since Italian birth
To liven up Oz afternoons.
