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Without You

Loosely based on the words of one of my all time favourite songs ‘Without you’ by Harry Nilsson Well I can’t forget this evening Or my face as you were leaving Well I held you there but then I let you go Now you are lying at the bottom of my po Oh no no no noooo noooo I can’t text with you lying at the bottom of the loo No phone calls oh what the hell am I going to do Now your lying there covered in bits of poo What on earth am I going to do? If I get my marigold glove I can retrieve the phone I love And dry it out and see if it will go Oh this is something my friends should never know Oh you can feel my woe, feel my woe I can’t text because you’re lying far away from me I can’t ring and my friends can’t contact me I can’t cope because I pay a monthly contract fee Oh set me free set me free I’ve been told this great advice If I get a bag of rice It will dry my phone and then it may even go If it works then I will let you know If not then my phone I’ll have to throw Oh no no no Jan Allison 4th April 2014 THIS WAS WRITTEN AFTER A CONVERSATION WITH A FRIEND – NOT FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 4/8/2014 10:17:00 AM
Did you star in the vicar of Dibley by any chance ? lol , Love the poem and the song .
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Jan Allison
Date: 4/8/2014 10:39:00 AM
Glad you enjoyed - made me giggle and no never been near Dibley lol Hugs Jan xxx
Date: 4/5/2014 1:51:00 PM
Very funny Jan. Welcome to our poet group. Thank you for reading and commenting on my poetry. Love, Joyce
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Date: 4/5/2014 2:12:00 PM
Thanks Joyce - I was in two minds whether to post this as I do adore the Without You song, but I've had some lovely feedback and even learned the rice trick works - not that i use my dinosaur of a phone anywhere near water! Thanks for droping by. Jan xx
Date: 4/4/2014 9:38:00 PM
This happens more often than you would think, to many different people...and it stinks (literally & figuratively) when this happens! I loved reading this enlightening story here this evening! What a funny poem my friend! Great Work!!
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Date: 4/5/2014 3:19:00 AM
Hi Russell. Thanks for the lovely comments they always make me feel so good about my writing and myself. :-) Hugs Jan xxx
Date: 4/4/2014 6:41:00 PM
This is good, but don't throw away your phone. Thanks for sharing... Lucilla
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Date: 4/4/2014 7:11:00 PM
It's NOT my phone lol - I have better things to do on the loo than text which is what this person was doing. I could always write poems on loo roll and be a po-et lol Jan xxx
Date: 4/4/2014 5:56:00 PM
Haha this is wonderful Jan
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Date: 4/4/2014 6:08:00 PM
wondered about posting it then thought yeahhh go with it - its one of my all time favourite tracks, Glad it made you smile. Story is true by the way - never got to find out if the rice trick works lol Hugs Jan xxxx
Date: 4/4/2014 3:16:00 PM
Ha Ha Lol,hilarious xxx very good xx
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Jan Allison
Date: 4/4/2014 3:20:00 PM
was after convo in chat lol hugs Jan xxx

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