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Antonio Aragones Poem
Billy was a burglar, of the feline type,
he'd pussyfoot around at night to see what he could swipe.
But one day he felt the pinch, if you'll excuse the pun,
for the local coppers had a blitz on crime begun.
I'll have to try in the next town our Bill was heard to say,
and so next night upon his bike he pedalled on his way.
Soon the next town came in sight, much to his relief,
for the cycle seat had made his bum sore beyond belief.
When Billy had a scout around a high brick wall he spied,
"Aha!" our hero whispered "I bet a big house lies inside".
But lacking local knowledge he didn't have a clue,
that the wall that he was looking at enclosed the local zoo.
So when he saw a sign he thought "I'm having none of that"
For on white in big red letters it said "BEWARE THE CAT".
Then up the wall our Billy climbed in his usual feline manner,
But when he got down the other side fate threw in a spanner.
'Cos Billy in his ignorance had put himself in jeopardy,
For the cat the sign referred to turned out to be quite leopardy.
Billy turned and squealed and shot back up the wall real fast,
but not before the leopard tore the trousers off his a**e.
Then Billy had to cycle home with shirt tales flapping in the wind,
Thinking to himself how fate could be so darn unkind.
But when he neared home fickle fate gave his night some closure,
'cos the coppers done him not for theft, but indecent exposure.
Copyright © Antonio Aragones | Year Posted 2019
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Antonio Aragones Poem
Once I worked for 'tcouncil sweepin streets and diggin' 'oles,
and was quite contented fulfillin' both these roles.
But like many workers I weren't inclined to rush,
'specially while in't gutter sweepin' streets by pushin' brush.
Then one day while workin' I found myself outside the law.
'cos a lady went to coppers and told 'em what she saw.
It seems that by her standards I was well beyond the pale,
she told the cops she'd seen me stampin' on a snail.
And so a few days later I found myself in court,
the beak looked down and said to me you seem a decent sort.
The charge is animal cruelty what have you got to say?,
I done it Judge I told 'im 'cos he'd followed me round all day.
Copyright © Antonio Aragones | Year Posted 2019
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