Short Sortie Poems

I know I've been naughty, 
but twas just a quick sortie
  into ice cream and chips
  forgetting the dips
now back to the green drinks
 for those over forty!...

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DING DONG

happy
chappy

his day
birthday

naughty
sortie

boke toy
smashed joy

spoilt fun
smacked bum

enough said
now bed

partying
starting

ding dong
rave on...

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Your face, your soul in me
Your love, special memory in me

Breath in me, life I offer thee
Soul in me, spirit travels with thee

Moon that covers thee, face I long to see
Clouds mesmerizing me, colors of the sky so free

Sun of morning glory, star uplifting me
Birds of songs in sortie -- chanting, adoring thee.

My song you sing with me
My melody you play for me

My life, my heart, my plea
Starts and ends with thee....

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BOMBER  COMMAND

It won’t happen to me
he said,
we’re Bomber Command.

It won’t happen to me
he said.
We must blow the enemy out of the sky
he said.
we’re Bomber Command

The pride and belligerence of the Reich
it’s Hitler’s war on Europe
and it’s my sixteenth sortie out tonight,
he said
we’re Bomber Command

Somewhere in the Rhineland 
his body lies
He gave his life for his country
but he gave mine too
in Bomber Command....

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