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A Couch That Burps

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Ladies marry the man of their dreams in a church
Eventually... she ends up married to a couch that burps
Happens the world over
From Brisbane to Dover
He could be an axe murderer so...

Room 251 13 th March 2024

...Senate legal and constitutinal affairs reference committie convened
March 2022 one Senator presiding and two witnessing'
The room echoes as the warriors enter.! Almost equivelent to
The booming en...

Whirling Dervish

...The bedlam lifts if only for a while;
a brief but needed calm falls on the house
when she departs for school aboard the bus.
Though trying hard to suppress overt smiles,
I grin in the direction o...

Some Men Some Women

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"Some Men Some Women" 

some men think they can take it all 

away 
from us

even death will not stop our voice
 
from being heard
we are strong, underneath the soft
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Brisbane Gal - a Bit Bawdy

...I’m told of a gal in faraway Brisbane
Whose abilities could drive a man insane
She had a special gift
While giving him a lift
Few thought her tricks were completely inhumane ...

Image

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Why to be so much attached to image?
It's what you believe, they should think of you;
Trying to mold to match up their liking;
Changing self as they like, but there's limit.
Develo...

Ballad of Molly Jones

...David Jones, the best rat catcher Shropshire has ever had
must take some criticism for young Molly turning bad.
Even though his daughter found rich co-incidentals,
no credit could be taken by rat ...

The Forgotten Legion of Rose Thorns

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"The Forgotten Legion of Rose Thorns"



Reversing roll calls
the Anti-Hero 
jumps through 
burning hoops
instinctively

bathed in the magnum ...

Amante

...Agog 

bemusement careened

dreamed enchantment

first gaze, hoped in jeopardy 

keeling lust made nectarine offer piquant...

quagmire’s ruse stirred 

torturing umber veins

W...

50 Words For Poe: Shark

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"50 Words for Poe: Shark"




The Shark’s name was Bruce
he liked to drive with his head 
hanging out the car 
mouth wrapped around a 
Montecri...

A Dame From Brisbane

...A haughty dame from far Brisbane,                                                          Looked on others with sheer disdain,
She spoke in a huff,
Her manner was rough,
She was put in an asylum ...

The Battle of Brisbane

...I was talking with an Aunt
Who was in the Australian Army Nursing Service
She remembered being in a movie theatre
In Brisbane during World War 2
When Australia was full of allied servicemen 

I...

The Dilettante Diaries: the Incubation and Metamorphosis of Ulysses

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This is a story about a Butterfly

She escaped the Boilermaker
Through transformation. 
To transform required a period of incubation, 
a need to sleep to dream and 
the freedom of ...

Lament For Tardy Post

...The sun is passed its zenith, the postman’s day is done;
Nigh 50 miles his horse has trod, just two thousand
More to go. My little case is a lighter load, much greater
He has born, yet still the p...

A Couch That Burps

...Ladies marry the man of their dreams in a church
Eventually... she ends up married to a couch that burps
Happens the world over
From Brisbane to Dover
He could be an axe murderer so thing...

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