Alessandra Liverani Poems

My father is a camel and my mother is a llama
And that is how I was born a hybrid called a cama
Created through the procedure of artificial insemination
Not via a camel/llama eyelash fluttering flirtation
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I didn't write this poem, I did not choose these words
I'd never give my name to something so absolutely absurd
The idea of this poem is anathema to my senses
It should be locked away behind some very high fences
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The two Murrays wanted to discuss 'The Sniff Test'
A subject, let's face it, which was dodgy at best
They pondered on sniffing items of clothes
Such as jeans and undies and ladies pantyhose
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In the movie Monsters Inc, the monsters were scary
Some were green, some unclean, some were hairless, others hairy
To scare little children was the task they performed
And the terrified screams emitted into electricity transform
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I am fresh air, I have no airs and graces
I am fresh air, I'm in quite a lot of places
I am fresh air, do you want to breathe me in
I am fresh air, fill your lungs with me, it's no sin
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Will you smoke every single day the cigarettes I make and sell
Yes master
Even though I tricked you into buying them in the first place
Yes master
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Do you remember the bully from school
The one who tried to make you look like a fool
He'd push you and shove you and take your lunch money
He'd laugh at you, sneer at you, thought it was funny
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Why wait, the time will never be just right
Why wait, time's wasting, accept your invite
Why wait til even the stragglers have left the celebration
You've waited long enough, now begin with exultation
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If you believe that black is white
Do you know that you'd never be right
If you believe that short is long
Do you know that you'd always be wrong
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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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