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Perpetuum Mobile

PERPETUUM MOBILE

I must go down to the pigging shops again
To Morrison, Tesco, Aldi or maybe Lidl
For I Just went there for the sodding milk in vain

How could I forget! it really is a riddle
To me, though to my wife it’s clear as day
It’s because my age is already well past middle

And the senior moments frequently make play
When I get there, wonder why, and so head back
Starting endless cycle - perpetuum mobile 

Could it be I’ve found an answer to energy lack?
Send old geezers to the shops - instructions to buy
Tie to National Grid their unending there-and-back

We could call it ‘renewable’, answering Greeny cry
With old codgers in perennial supply.


22 April 2019

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019




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Date: 5/3/2019 6:47:00 PM
its not just gold geezers its old gals who do this too lol:-) hugs jan xx
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Geoffrey Brewer
Date: 5/6/2019 8:20:00 AM
Thanks for this and all of your kind comments, Jan.
Date: 5/3/2019 1:56:00 PM
'Old codgers in perennial supply' - what a superb line! Congratulations on your placement in Nina's contest!
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Date: 5/3/2019 1:55:00 PM
'Old codgers in perennial supply' - what a superb line! Congratulations on your placement in Nina's contest!
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Geoffrey Brewer
Date: 5/6/2019 8:09:00 AM
Many thanks, Michelle.
Date: 4/24/2019 7:16:00 AM
Oh my this is funny...and who knows maybe you are on to something!
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Geoffrey Brewer
Date: 5/6/2019 8:09:00 AM
Or on something. Thanks for your response, P.S.
Date: 4/22/2019 5:27:00 PM
this is fantastically quirky, Geoffrey. I think the sponsor will love it!
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Geoffrey Brewer
Date: 4/23/2019 9:54:00 AM
Thanks for the encouragement, Andrea

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