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The news out Armageddon is upon us and it’s time for all of us to go The world's armies have all gathered and they are putting on a show Heaven is calling and everyone wants to know just where they stand Before packing up their worthy goods and off to that Promised Land After centuries of rejection want to show their claims of being a Jew Even a whole bunch of Aborigines, who just nobody, even had a clue Took just about every given bit of transport, they found, to get there Even the Muslims rushed so much; they did not even stop for prayer Palestine was the hot spot whilst looking for some bloke called Jesus Found some dude called Moses, we thought he will do, as the geezer Every ladder, found propped up was then looked upon in special awe But, God was just having a moment "cause he knew the flamin’ score God had divided us over across the world, north, south, east, as west Each and every one of us was exiled out, as then sent on a holy quest Now each and every one of us back again here at his holiness request As lined up to see which one of us, was now gonna be flamin' blessed The Jew boy’s butts were flapping as they just would not give it a rest First in line as Gods chosen children, they forever continued to stress The rest of us, just stood about with D.N.A forms and monies in hand Whilst an angel stood at each rung of the Jacobs ladder theirs to man Inspecting each as every one of us to see if we would make the grade Bribery of course, was acceptable if enough to each angel can be paid Compassion was even allowed here, as we all stopped for a cup of tea There the angels could offload their booty and have themselves a pee Rungs unmanned, a few got in; that should not have been there at all As Saddam Hussein’s son Uday got in with a phew that was a tight call The blind, as lame on the side lines thought they didn’t have a chance But the angels just stopped the rest of us all, and let them all advance It took twelve days in all, for the Gawd maddening crowd to die down Until all that was left was a boy called Sue and that Clooney the clown Jacob’s ladder, was then carefully hoisted up, was never as again seen No one left except the charlady; who was still cleaning up the canteen O’, and that other guy who started all this, goes by the name of Jacob He left not long after we arrived, to have a few rashers of illicit bacon So if there was ever a earth in heaven we were about to have our day It was so crammed packed up there, even Jesus, had nowhere to stay The queue, at immigration was as worse as if we’d been back at home The ledgers were so overworked at the mouth they so started to foam The Jew boys were all busy, and had already set up their vendor stalls The rest of us, were just stuck in no man's land, with not a soul to call Just as on earth when the dosh ran out, we were then shown the door Gawd, I really would not have bothered if I had really known the score But hey, the freefall back down to earth, was nothing short of amazing Time I got home every bone in my broken body was well & truly aching Armageddon wasn’t so bad, given it was only Israel that got blew apart I am now as off shopping down at the now unmanned local super mart

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Date: 1/26/2020 5:43:00 AM
oh you know how to make me smile..
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Date: 1/26/2020 10:15:00 AM
Aww, a smile a day goes a long way, cheers, Silent one . . . ; )

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