James Hart Poems

O death!
Thou great leveller
Of titles before a name,
Of degrees after a name
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Living for the moment
Like the two teenage lovers
Laughing in the fairground
Like the two aggressive boys
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There was a young lady called Mary
Who eschewed all things airy-fairy
To George she was wed
And four boys she did bed
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Silver spoons slithered off speechless shelves
Bewildered books blown to bottom of base
Trembling trays turf teacups on to table
Peaceful people plead prayers to Paternoster
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Dulce amapola
La chica en pijama
Caminando por la ribera
En su tierra de Castilla
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There is a world
Another world
The world of memory
Of impressions
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They threw her from the bus
Like an empty cigarette packet
She was raped and raped
And raped again this
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The snob is weak
Incomplete
A freak
Who needs to feel
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The toilet seat is my favourite seat
I do everything there apart from eat
Everything there that is, that is meet
For the humble, the very humble toilet seat.
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“Systemic”, they say today
From Bankers to Police chiefs

Systemic is endemic;
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