Best At Short Notice Poems

I have been instructed to release the following
manuscript on the death of my client
Mr John Phillips. Who was a former officer in the Royal Air Force.

Mr P.J .Carruthers.  LLB.
Solicitor for estates and wills.
London.
16th February 2019.
The Manuscript is as follows.-



(You are reading this because I...

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Doors slam, windows crack,
letter flap inhales a fatal
wind.
Breastplate rusty dragon bearing scars.
House keys, credit cards, raybans close to hand.
Faux fur on the rack for noble bounty,
footnotes to a chapter without end.
Wistfully I crane my neck in peril,
finger marks on carbon black hand rail,
sprightly dash o’er...

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Redemptive love nourishes
Redemptive love heals
Redemptive love embellishes
Redemptive love empathy and sympathy feels

Under provocation, redemptive love forgives
Preferring to shield from harm
Redemptive love sublime peace gives
Redemptive love showers calm

When raging storms all around wreak untold havoc
Scattering to the wind established comfort zones
A boat of peace, Redemptive love...

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Soldiers never tire of “Yes Sir”!
Forgetful lips a long storm stir, 
Disciplinary frog jumps for an hour
Or a free fall from a waiting tower.

Soldiers love Ear-Dividing “Yes Sir!”
You lower yours you’ve robbed them their fur; 
No defaulter who won’t seem damned sour, 
The Newest Bride...

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Forget complicated spells, 
That require obscure ingredients,
That have no safe substitutes,
When a pair of helping hands,
That can magically halve the workload,
That can massage away the meanest headache.

And a set of listening airs,
That can hear what is unsaid,
That can pick up the slightest note of harmony.

And...

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