Dolly Daydream
You flick that golden hair of yours And bat those big blue eyes, The epitome of beauty Grace and poise and style.
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Delilah
Just an average 17-yr-old from Northern Ireland. Kik: Delilah_95
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Peur
I think the French put it nicely When they address the plague, Fear 'Peur' goes with the verb 'Avoir' Their intention oh so clear.
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Fear Not
#sundayrepost. If a windowpane is only sand. Heated, compressed, combined,. If paper is only a tree. Gone through the same demise,. If fear is just a memory. Manifested in the dark,.
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Dialogue And The Doppler Effect
Chapter 2 The only attempt at a beginning which I can pinpoint was in 1926.
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100 Things A Numpty Likes (All In One Go)
#100things 1) Reading - to the point where, when I was little, my granny used to tell me off for spending pocket money on books rather than dresses or toys or whatnot.
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Spotless
Do you ever wish You could have a blank page. Fresh and white and clean, Pure Spotless Blotless, each stain removed Sinking back into the parchment it had spoiled.
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Honey
At the bottom of my garden Amongst glossy foliage Which shimmers and gives Nature's hue Glistening to everything little thing Is a beehive. My beehive To which I tend And watch the bees.
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Man
Amidst a broiling sea Of beautiful people, A tide of every creed and colour Lithe and shining in ecstasy I stop and stand to stare.
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Now I Lay Me
Now the veil of slumber falls upon you Enbalms you, ready for the tomb Of safe, dark nights where stars may watch you In Mother Nature's calming womb.
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Lotty
Another year has come and past, Another year, now home at last, My drouth's for you my pretty one.
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The Thinker
#confidence Confidence always alludes me, See confidence is key. Charisma, so I'm told these days Is the link to opportunity.
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Mona Lisa Smile
She smiles. A vivacious, curvaceous grin Crammed full of pearly menace. How many sins Are hidden within The cigarette-stained canvas And a life soaked in gin.
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A Knock On The Knee
A knock on the knee when I was wee I used to sit on m' mammy's knee. Her apron tore An' I fell on the floor An' that was the end o' me. She chased me from town to town Screaming all the streets down.
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Hush
Don't talk to me of Love, That icky pink and red parade Which invades the shops this time of year, Draping them in Hallmark's brand of 'true' dedication And admiration. Hush.
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Peacemakers
After reading last night's words I'm not trying to start it again I'm just asking for peace and love, For us all to pick up our pens And write wonderful things and imaginings Which enlighten, make...
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Golden Ribbon Girl
Golden girl With golden ribbon in her hair, Celebrated, golden, The sunshine child The Monday child, Oh so fair of face Such a smile as would put Sun's rays to shame.
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Dialogue And The Doppler Effect
Chapter 1 (continued) The gates of that great vessel of peculiarities had been a part of me from such an early age that I know not where a vaguely normal sense of existence, experienced as a babe...
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In Her Shoes
I never thought I'd be that girl, The one whose life could be walked through with shoes. It seemed absurd that a life could be reduced To such sole meaning, Such frivolity.
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Bangor-Boats-Away
Let's go off to Bangor, Bangor-boats-away Where we can spend an hour or two Reliving a childhood That all to fast was sped In pickie parks and pedalos, Fine swan shaped chariots, Joy in hand, In...
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Dialogue And The Doppler Effect
A new project of mine. It's a bit lengthy but bare with. Chapter 1 I heard once that happiness is a function of accepting what is. To those at Schwernheim that couldn't have been more true.
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Back To Bed
Winter has intruded into cool February air Leaving kisses in a blanket To tuck the snowdrops back to sleep.
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A Horse A Horse! (Under A Carpark)
That poor aul fella Richard III Was always despised With ne'er a kind word, Deformed and all hunched With a withered wee arm, A cruel aul tyrant Causing young nephews harm.
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Particles
Crystal drops, crystal shards Frozen on the windowpane, Splitting, splintering daylight As it smashes off tiles and walls. Dappled, muddled, a million pieces As I'm slashed, bathed in your light..
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Great?
#acrostic The clock may keep on ticking, Haggling with the Fates, Every moment of cogs turning Gives another moment weight.
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Mind Over Matter
If I in heart and I in mind. Go swiftly through the trees. And I in heart and I in mind. Let bracken snap and birds scree,. If I in heart and I in mind. Follow Sense's plea,.
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Gold
Her little face looks out on nothing A simple carving of her visage Watching without looking at our lives, Swimming past in some mirage Of hours and weeks and months, Passing by, tear-stained.
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The Opuss Effect
The Opuss Effect is setting on in; Once again I find within My internal narrative is nattering in verse, I thought 'It ain't that bad, it could be worse.' Yet the rhyming and timing grew frantic and...
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Ganesha And Kartikeya
A race it was in order Amongst the brother gods, Ganesha looked to Kartikeya To mark down their odds.
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Ireland's Call
It's that time of year as the snowdrops bloom When giants unite under banners of yore And renewed patriotic passion ignites To fend a handful of nation's glory once more.
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Up
#acrostic short and sweet (hopefully) Useful tip to remember in life People need people to help dreams survive.
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Hen Re-Homing
Cheerio my little chucks; For two years you have run amuck Around about our little place Our little grass, hedgy space, But now we fear we can't go on, You make a mess and the year is long, There's...
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Handprint
There's a handprint on my mirror.
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A Weekend For Two
Why yes, Venice was a splendid choice My dear, a truth I must voice With no-one here to judge our naked noise.
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Deadly Polyester
Tights tights Me my oh no. What do we need them for. I'd like to know. A daily affliction With nothing to show, Can't be without but they Really must go. Tights tights What is the need.
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Home Birds
Little home birds a-chirping In the cherry blossom tree Perhaps when I return again You'll sing that song again for me.
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We Are Such Things...
What stuff are creatures such as we made of If creatures such as we compose dreams. Those fickle, glittering beacons T'wards which we flit like moths between the stars, And which crumble at our touch.
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Crash, Bang, Wallop
#acrostic So you seem to believe it's tonight, you say Even though the sky's five hundred shades of grey. Don't you delight in passionate array Usual suspect with devilish ways.
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Batten Down The Hatch
It knocks against my window Howls and shrieks and moans, A thousand souls go blasting by, Thunderous in their groans.
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Cloudless
A crisp, clear night When my breath rises As a serenade to the stars, Little wisps of life That will not neatly end But fade out, carried upward By some celestial current Which science cannot label,...
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The Blurred Lens
He's lots and lots of stories No longer can be told, Left to sit and fester Gather dust and mould, Muddle, fuddle, fudge them up Now warped and all squewhiff, Changed, repeated, dressed, laid...
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Limping
Lub-d Lub-d. Not all there in full working order. Can you die of a broken heart.
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I Spy
So many things in our wee world Are actually not on show , And when we think a little bit There's not much we really know; Of a trillion billion galaxies We can see but five And to see the last...
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Treacle?
There's an imposter in my kitchen Waiting to be devoured, It's presence more unsettling After each golden hour, Cloaked in a lattice Of dishonour and deceit Smiling oh so sweetly In a manner quite...
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The Times
I'm filling in the blanks; The white and black boxes Side by side, Bit by bit Forming words and answers Some higher being's asking for.
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Cave Hill
Prompted by @wolfie 's The Point of Wasps and a horrible Creationism talk...
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Until Next Time
I'm popping off for a little while To have a rest and revive my style, My little head is really bare Like Hubbard's cupboard there's nothing there.
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If Shakespeare Were A Damn Cowboy
A wave of wood and motor oil,. Chippings, nails and rust,. Hay and blades and old, used grease,. Sunshine and sawdust,. Leather, ropes and harnesses,. Sweat and slight, sharp rose,.
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Comb
She sits at a window Combing her hair, Softly and quietly Like its precious and rare, A gleaming white hand Under shimmering light, Hair golden by day, Just as golden by night As if Midas...
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Phurniture Philosophy
#household There once was a man named Lucian Who was in quite a state of confusion; Is a bean bag a seat Or just a sack of deceit. In the end he just settled on a cushion..
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Closing Note| Cheese Battle
#cheesebattle We're all a bit dishevelled After courting with the Devil; A war over cheese Where Lee lost his knees, We all deserve a medal.
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BMX My Bum| Cheese Battle
#cheesebattle Really Lee. A BMX. We all know that's lies. I just spied him in your cheesy lair Being force-fed mince pies.
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Hell Hath No Fury| Cheese Battle
#cheesebattle Don't you remember yesterday's trip When I gave you all the slip For a little journey up the Mournes Like the Sound of Music only in Ireland (Norn).
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6) Haunted
#augustwriteaday That picture haunts me mommy The knife, your arm, the blood, Although you quickly shut the door And said you never could.
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No Wheels?| Cheese Battle
#cheesebattle You think no knicker elastic Would stop us in our tracks. We've got special braces To combat your attack And screwdrivers as well To take your skateboard's wheels.
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Hit The Road Jack| Cheese Battle
#cheesebattle I think it's time to call it a day Lee's well up the heavenly stairway Or is he on the highway to hell. It's all so confusing I really can't tell.
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It's All Over Baddies| Cheese Battle
#cheesebattle We've got Jack in our D-Den And are bedazzling his evil shirt And we've lifted two cuties on the way.
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So You Think You've Won| Cheese Battle
#cheesebattle You think you've trumped us But it's far from that; BedHairLee is calling time And we've made a hat from your cat.
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Pause| Cheese Battle
#cheesebattle Time to call time out On this tomfoolery I'm away up the Mournes Back in time for tea.
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Over And Done With| Cheese Battle
#cheesebattle You think it's over. You're in for a shock I think I hear a knock knock knock Oh, never mind I'm teleporting in Like Starship enterprise I think I win.
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Wakey Wakey| Cheese Battle
#cheesebattle Guys seriously, hauwl your whisht I'm only wakened, posh pash pish. Just got round to reading your dodgy threats My front door's titanium, how'd you like that.
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Attack| Cheese Battle
#cheesebattle Spies in the D-Den. Off with their heads. And we've got your gran Making our beds. It's time to go old school; We're coming your way With our ninja moves And Nic's lactose-less ways.
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Flying| Cheese Battle
#cheesebattle Don't you remember. I upgraded the car So it can soar so far, so far A magnetic shield I will deploy This thing ain't no Happy Meal toy. Repel your arrows, run for cover.
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Cake Attack| Cheese Battle
#cheesebattle I've come knocking at your door Again with something else in store; I've rallied the three Herman Juniors Come to squish this lair of yours.
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Behind Enemy Lines| Cheese Battle
#cheesebattle Really. You're sweating grating cheese. I'm in the D-Den with a cup of tea. I got a lift from Superman Him and me are tight.
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Round Five| Cheese Battle
#cheesebattle Come on now, you've just got this. Resorting to dodgy stripper tricks. With our nick-knack back-ups we're still a pain in the ass, Better get your good game on fast.
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Round Two| Cheese Battle
#cheesebattle So what we called the AA To fix the D-Mobile. Did you think Jerome's corpse in the exhaust Would quash our heroic zeal.
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5) Run
#augustwriteaday Run for your money, Sing for your supper, Croon for your daddy, Dance for your mother, Cry for a nation, Weep like a willow, Smile for a reason Then let your face know, Work for...
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The Owl And Pussycat Take 2
#household The Owl and the Pussycat came back to the shore A little dejected and wet; Their pea-green boat Got munched by a goat And they'd got caught in a fisherman's net.
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4) The Adventures Of Daring D And Notorious Nic: Cheesy Business
#augustwriteaday Killing two birds with one stone ;) @naaviie @MelchoirJ13 The Duo had been summoned By evil underneath The pleasant land of Opussia And all Opussians' feet.
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I Surrender!
@MelchoirJ13 You said you were shaking In your Eatondale boots At the thought of what I'd brew up next (Me and Mr.
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Cheese Wars Take 4
@MelchoirJ13 Jeesh Areesh You're getting rather tetchy. Camembert down You're cheese knowledge is getting sketchy.
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Cheese Puns Take 2
#HappinessChallenge @MelchoirJ13 You say it's my Tinturn So here we go; You seem quite a Parmesan artisan Trying to put on a show But I'll chase you over hill and Wensleydale With my cheesy wit.
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3) Teatro De Angeli
#augustwriteaday Finally up to date. In this theatre of stone angels With Peter, Paul and James I lay my sins before you, Reveal my selfish games.
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2) Country
#augustwriteaday In country gardens The people take it slow, They tend their lonely acres And don't put on a show.
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1) Lover
#augustwriteaday Sorry I'm late folks. I'm a lover not a fighter But they push me to the edge; They make it hard to imagine There's any good left.
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There's A Hole In My Noggin' Dear Liza
I've got a bad case of Emptyhead; The mice in my brain must all be dead.
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The Durable Michael Malloy
#nightdwellers Let me tell you the ditty of one boozy boy; The infamous Durable Michael Malloy, A $3000 insurance ploy Some oysters, snow, gangsters and gas.
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The Adventures Of Daring D And Notorious Nic: Dear Diary
Dearest Diary, let's see then Today's our day off in the old D-Den. Putting our feet up, watching the games, Our three bomber chickens doing the same.
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A Bit Of Sneaky Shakespeare
Well, my wee name means wisdom And it depends on who you are As to your perspective On my wise journey so far; My mum says I'm a numpty And of wisdom I have nil, My friends say I am far too...
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The Land Of Forgotten
#acorn Behind the wardrobe's The Land of Forgotten, Where dust bunnies play in a destitute land. And old nails and needles And treasures abandoned Are waiting, just waiting to fall under hand.
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20:12
It's not the security fiasco Of which rumours are rife, It's not the billions spent To bring this event to life, It's not the Greek competitor Chucked out for racist remarks, It's not the doubt that...
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The Adventures Of Daring D And Notorious Nic: The Fiendish Four
@MelchoirJ13 as promised... All was going spiffingly, The Olympics had begun, One little matter of administration; Lighting the flame had to be done.
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Little Red
#Red Little Red, what a crafty wee mite Got the wolf locked up for life. All he wanted was a meal Then Red had to go and squeal..
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Some Call Me Mad. I Just Say I'm Keen.
#nightdwellers You want a cuppa love. No. Alright just me then. Stick the kettle on. Switch it on and off twelve times. Must be divisible by four and not thirteen. Clickity clickity click.
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Slim Down For Summer
I think we've got a problem And no it's not next door's cat; You my little chickadees Are getting increasingly fat.
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The Adventures Of Daring D: Sidekick Shenanigans
@naaviie as promised... Things were getting desperate Over at the D-Den It was becoming increasingly hard To fight crime, you ken.
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Photograph
#household Alright everyone, say cheese This stuff's making memories.
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The Adventures Of Daring D And The Catastrophe Cousin
@leelee101 as promised... A terrible plague had scarred the land, A scourge of screw-ups and scrapes; The Catastrophe Cousin was on the loose And catastrophe he would make.
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Gâteau À La Crème
She weighs it all out perfectly; Butter, sugar, flour, Smashes the eggs into the mix And beats it fast and hard.
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Leo's Chicken Experience
My cousin's not a farming lad That's what I've surmised; He couldn't pick tomatoes Or muck out a pig sty.
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Darkness Falls
#household #nightdwellers I will admit this sounds a bit Macbethy though that's unintentional...
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Mellow yellow
If fun then play Was the order of the day And everyone bathed in the sink And nobody worried And nobody hurried Would we be happy, you think.
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Yes, I Was Aware Of The Fact I Looked Rather Feminine This Evening
If any of these dudes give me trouble I swear I'll trouble them back. I can't believe I gave into that dare, I swear I'm gonna murder Jack.
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Soggy Pants
Up watching the news on a Sunday Before we head off to church The weatherman pops up on the screen And my tummy begins to lurch; Wall to wall sunshine in England And highs of 24 degrees And if...
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2013
They're storming Canary Wharf, Stabbing London's financial heart, Tearing down the Stock Exchange; Let the chaos start.
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Field-Day
Can I tell him I know Kung Fu. Can I tell him to watch out. Can I tell him I once watched a man die After I tasered him in the mouth. Can I call him nicknames Like Beefcake, Psycho and Pimp.
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Released
#household Ripples running over me Giving me a shine I never could attain in life, One I could never find.
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Daring D and Lee the Sneaky Squirrel Snatcher
@LeeLee101 this is what you get when you mess with my squirrels... The night was thick and foggy, The night it seemed serene Until her senses picked up Some rabid squirrel screams.
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The Opuss Tale Part 5
#TheOpussTale I watched from the old oak near Pixie Town as the Queen's troops stormed in. She called herself the Queen but we all knew she wasn't. Not really.
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The Taming Of The Drew
#household This guy called Drew Who I knew at school Got bullied more than can be told And all because Of the cruel old buzz That arose cos his butt was of gold.
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