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Mothballs and Lavendar
Mothballs and Lavender

There’s a rug on the hearth and a fire in the grate
and Grandma and Grandad sit with me to wait
while the black-leaded oven is cooking our tea
of ‘tatty-ash’ stew made especially for me.

We’re red hot on our fronts, but cold on our backs,
with...

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Categories: mothballs, childhood, nostalgiame, fire, fire,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Oh, Mothballs
Oh, meaty mothballs!
    as opposed to mothy meatballs
  Alternatively - slobbering sloth-balls!
    instead of sloppy moth-calls

  Stupid refrigerator!
    as opposed to dumb incinerator
  Alternatively - dirty toenail taster!
    instead of...

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Categories: mothballs, new year, spoken word,
Form: Rhyme

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