Long Rab Poems

Thus says He who guards the gate,
The atmosphere is stagnant,
Stagnant with discontented gluttons,
Tangled with tricks and deceptions,
Soaked with indoctrination,
And charged with foul breath. 

Thus says He who guards the gate,
The atmosphere is saturated,
Saturated with dirt...

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My dearest Mama who is now in heaven,
       
       God be praised and thanked for giving you to me; and yes, to our...

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Eccentric Emma, third world charity advocator
Posts smiling foreground photos in mud slewn villages
Personifying inconsistency wafts remote mantra
Mind realm torrents when Followers Like - limitless! 

Travels to India restore her heart's connection
Finds enhanced spirit to spruke...

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Thinking back to my teenage years
 my early twenties, falling in love 
was so easy. 

Truth was a tightrope 
of winks and smiles, 
of the promise of tomorrow 
and today was just fine.

Youth 
in its...

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I look down from heaven and what do I see?                         ...

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Faint stillness of the night falls swiftly down 
and masked raccoons now pillage darkest night. 
Fluffed owls with sparkling eyes are flying free 
and rabbits, gently moving, sniff the air... 
The hounds - from hunter...

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Emerald shiny baubles
attract wizard eyes ...
Balaam al-Oz
Assyrian acquisitions
be kryptonite-colored vanity
Ownership is an Alexandrian transaction,
a Grecian war rhetoric reaction
Gehazi greedy ... 
take all that your Philistine soul see,
as much as your twelve fingers can reach
Sennacherib eyes...

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We take care of the tenants in the buildings where we work everyday
but the owners can't seem to comprehend that we don't make enough pay
as porters, handymen, supers and those who man the front doors
we're...

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SWAN SONG OF AN OLD-GUARD TRUE-BLUE TORY
 
I am  one of the last of a dying breed,
I’m an antique true-blue Tory.
I grew up on Super-Mac
And ‘the Land of Hope and Glory.’

In Rab Butler I...

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I went and bought me some rabbits,
And built a rabbit coop.
Like that Cadbury Bunny has,
‘Cept I got me a group!

And they all’s gonna lay some eggs,
With nice milk chocolate shells!
But they won’t be no coco...

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The rehearsals are over and now it’s first night
All worked tirelessly for the audience’s delight
It all flows so smoothly – oh what a relief
A fabulous production of ‘Sunshine on Leith’

The show tells the story of...

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L inda-Marie Instantly
A wakens the mind and shares coffee
U would be instantly delighted so
G rab a great cup and join the table
H umble with a smile we sat a while
S haring our sugars and cream
!...

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Prophet Abraham took an axe
He smashed the idols
He broke them except the biggest one in size
He hung the axe around his neck
When the people came back
They were shocked to see broken idols
They said who could...

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Whatever happens I'll always love you

Cheftik bi nhar kanoun
W tala3et bel sama
Elet ya rab lech sayer majnoun
Hayda 7elem aw hayde 7a2i2a
Njoum el sama kella
Saro yebermo 7awalayke
W hadafon bi hal zyara
Ysir ydawo metel 3inayke
Lebnen ya balad...

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Tere liye jo barshe wo barish hu mai
Hr pal jo tu kre wo guzarish hu mai
Mangii jo rab se wo dua hoo mai
Dekha jo khwab tune wo haqikat hu mai
Tere hr swal ka jwab hoo...

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A nticipation ruins the fun of surprises
B etter to wait for destiny to run its course
C ast your eyes on the platter of life's flavors before you
D ecide to taste and savor first, not feast...

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Grab the keys let’s get into the car
Raring to go, we won’t travel too far
Everything’s packed inside the car boot
And I’ve meticulously planned our route
To the seaside for a treat this bank holiday

Everyone’s excited as...

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Another morning filled with sun
Beckons the mind to open where,
Clearing the cobwebs has begun,
Dreaming so many words to share.

Enjoy my tea and my muffins
For this is when I’m most at peace
Grab pen and paper, fun...

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Jig is to jiggle and gig is to giggle
  As wig is to wiggle and pig is to piggle

But is civ to civil
  As drive is to drivel

Scribe yields us scribble
But does nib...

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