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be afraid
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 2:16 pm
by Neville Briggs
Yes, the year 2015 is now half over. From tomorrow only 177 sleeps to Christmas.
Be afraid, the green and red plague
is on the way, and you will pay
for truckloads of meaningless trinkets
from Shanghai,
Where Santa's little happy elves
work for sweatshop wages.
And all for us to celebrate
the birth of a swear word.
They now have in some places Christmas in July, if all you want is the roast dinner, plum pudding and port.
Re: be afraid
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:41 pm
by Heather
Where would we be without you to cheer us up Neville?
Re: be afraid
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:14 pm
by Neville Briggs
It's a jungle out there, Heather.
I could be sentimental and pretend that it's not like that.
Re: be afraid
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:55 pm
by Maureen K Clifford
Christmas in July makes a hell of a lot more sense than Christmas in December - and it's cheaper and less hassle
Re: be afraid
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:43 am
by manfredvijars
So who ate YOUR bowl of sunshine this morning Neville Thundercloud??
Re: be afraid
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:24 am
by Bob Pacey
Re: be afraid
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:44 am
by Neville Briggs
It's a poetry thing, tell it like it is.
Read any decent anthology of poetry and you will find life being looked at with ruthless honesty, and it's a very gritty and .....( rhymes with gritty ) ..sight.
Shouldn't poetry be THE TRUTH even if it is presented as metaphor and hyperbole.
If we don't identify the disease how can we find the right cure.
Have a nice day.
Re: be afraid
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 10:42 am
by Heather
It's just an excuse to get together with friends and eat Neville. We gotta eat so it's nice to do it with friends.
Re: be afraid
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 10:49 am
by Neville Briggs
Heather wrote: We gotta eat so it's nice to do it with friends.
True. Irrelevant but true.
Re: be afraid
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:14 pm
by Dave Smith
It's a bonus if ya family and friends are all ya same people.
TTFN
