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The Narrow Squeak Show!

Not the first time........... I cheated death...... Last week... What a narrow squeak! The car narrowly missing me........ Yet determined to run me down Put me underground..... The time was not meant to be The airliner crash last year.......... me........... The only person to walk free! So many lost lives More than I can bear Two months past The train.... Did I fall or was I pushed? My fuddled brain! It seems so long ago How did I last? What a week it's been! The wife ,tripped and fell Carving knife nearly put me in hell What a life! Still, I am sure it was an accident Her insistence.......... That it was pure coincidence Now I am thinking........ That meteorite From five years past That landed on my house My life,nearly my last, as well as the spouse Nearly had the last rites! Is it me? Or is it me? That accidental drowning Mother in law frowning. Thought I was done! Still, I swum away from that one! Now,I am thinking........... Is this some sort of sick joke? Why me? I am an ordinary bloke The ship did its' own sinking! I stepped outside.......... The building crumbled to the ground I looked around Everyone else died! What a week it's been! Still, life is on the up Half full Half empty It's my cup You know what I mean! Life is to be enjoyed! stuff the insurance from lloyds! Hang these narrow squeaks These past weeks At my insistence, it's all a coincidence! Now, I am thinking that bullet Was it meant for me? It dropped at my feet My name engraved I was saved! You see! I wear it as a lucky charm.......... I have come to no harm This I know Wish I had it weeks ago! The lightning strike............. I didn't like Frightened me! Not as much as the resulting fire............. Could have been my funeral pyre......... Hence forth, I will.... Carry on as before Defeating nature's law Avoiding the kill! But old age might get me But I don't know.......... It will take some years....... you see.......... I have no fears Bring it on! I am the star of....... The Narrow Squeak Show!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2006




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