The pirates were all drinking rum and were drunk
And failed to see the treacherous rocks up ahead
There was one almighty crash and the ship sunk
And they ended up in Davy Jones locker all dead.
Written 17th August 2021.
Ta Ta Tattoo
I don't like you
I wish that you would go
I had them done when I was sixteen
At this age, I didn't know
One day my skin would wrinkle
And crinkle up my Tat's
Now all is seen is a patch of ink
There's nothing fashionable about that.
I wish I had been wiser
And listened to my Mum
My old Tat's look dreadful
How could I have been so dumb?
my garden is ravaged weary . . .
withered roses in a blue vase
murmur of drowsy sun-drenched days
oh, adieu ~ picnics in the green
ta-ta, sun hats, sandals, swim suits . . .
bye-bye shorts and sundresses
and farewell to . . . cricket songs at dusk _
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September 5, 2019
Poetry/Free Verse/adieu, ta-ta, bye-bye summer
Copyright Protected, ID 19-1178-649-02
All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym.
You said you love me
But when I said, I love you
You told me ta.. ta..
Ta Ta Ta Thai Thai Thai Thei Thei Thei Ya Ya Ya
©Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty, 10th November 2014
Ta Ta Ta Thai Thai Thai Thei Thei Thei Ya Ya Ya
Danced the prince of Ku and Princess Ki Ka Hu Hiya
They fell into a ditch
As black as preachy pitch
That’s the kick, brick and brick, cat and mouse, yea yea yea
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