Alessandra Liverani Poems

A cup of tea went floating by ascending into space
With a pickled cucumber it was having a flying race
Jostling each other, to reach the stratosphere
The cup of tea decided to notch it up a gear
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Something which seems clamorous and compelling
Crucial and critical it seems to be yelling
Important, indispensable, an absolute must
Really, can you explain to me what is all the fuss?
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I am Mr Poison, I am here to help you
With everything you say and everything you do
Just reach out your hand and I will firmly clasp it
I'll help you anyway I can, all you have to do is ask it
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Sucking on a poison
Calms me down no end
Sucking on a poison
Something on which I can depend
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The addict's mind is forever spinning, turning
Bobbing, weaving, feinting, swerving
Reason tries to land a punch, no chance
The addict's mind can really dance
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The tooth fairy's not real, nor is the Easter Bunny
It's your Mummy and Daddy who cough up the money
And Santa Claus with his red coat and sackful of gifts
He's just a fable, a fabrication, a myth
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What part of 'Just stop! ' don’t you understand
It doesn’t seem to be an overly complicated command
What part of 'Smoking kills! ' doesn’t make any sense
It’s not for me to say that you are seeming a little dense
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There aren't enough choices, we think there's a gap
So we'd like to offer the choice of breathing in crap
We won't quite put it like that, to the young in our fold
We'll spin it and turn it, make them think they're so bold
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Valued victims, sorry I meant clients held in honorable esteem
Did we help you realise your adolescent dream
Valued victims, did we turn you into debonair sophisticates
Did we deliver what we promised, an image that is first rate
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I am the chief head shrink for a tobacco firm
And the most important thing from me that they want to learn
Is how to make you stay a smoker, never give them up
Until you're on your death bed, and with them still in love
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