Alessandra Liverani Poems

I went on an evening course to get an education
On the best way to write for our younger generation
How do I compose words to take them on a journey of delight
Lead them into a clear, bright day or the deepest, darkest night
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I've written funny poems, written a heap of those
But sometimes all that rhyming gets up people's nose
So I thought I'd try proper stand up and use words which didn't rhyme
I enrolled in a stand up comedy course to become a stand up comic sublime
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I have some friends, a man and wife
I'll tell you a bit about their life
So that you can get a grip
On what constitutes a relationship
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There’s no such thing as a nice shade of brown
I don’t want a pastel or grey coloured crown
Purple, that’s more like it, and not in tones muted
Vivid orange and yellow is to what I’m much better suited
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Your hands gripped onto the metal bar so tight
Squeezing hard with all of your might
Clutching desperately this heavy bar of lead
While trying to keep above water your sinking head
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They've been to the moon and back six times, no less
Got dropped off and picked up, I was impressed
For many years, I never questioned this outstanding feat
Didn't even know others thought there had been a deceit
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The auditors are coming, a week from today
Everything that you can, please put it away
Those things on the shelf that have sat there for months
Put them away, we’re playing hide and hunt
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Our pretty budgies love to chatter
Oh how they love a little natter
It's no good asking for some peace
They keep on talking, never cease
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Because I said so, that's why
Reasons? Those I don't supply
I am your subconscious, what I say goes
And if I were to say stand on your nose
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I wanted a coffee so I went to a cafe
In order to drink a medium strength latte
I preferred to imbibe from a cup, not a pail
Because I'm a human, not some type of whale
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