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The Ballad of Pedro and Luis

It was hot and arid in the desert
No wind, no breeze, not a breath
And Pedro and Luis were lost 
And so very close to  death.
As they crawled across the sand
As though trapped  in still air
The smell of bacon frying
Seemed to hang around them there.
Slightly ahead of his mate
Pedro crested a dune to see
Loads of Bacon Butties
Hanging on a bacon buttie tree.

Turning painfully around 
He said through rasping breath
The Good Lord, he said, has
Saved us from almost certain death

Crawling painfully forward
Eager for a life saving taste,
Yards away from safety when
All his effort went to waste. 
A machine gun opened  fire
Sending him close to his death.
He tried to warn his friend
With his very last breath:
Luis crawl away from here,
Crawl away man, in a rush,
Eese not a bacon buttie tree
Eese  a  deadly Ham Bush!!!!!!!

Copyright © Terry Ireland

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