John Carter Brown Poems

The sun is always shining
In Weston-Super-Mare;
At least it always has been
Whenever we've been there.
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You could, and you should,
If you did, did you 'dould '
Is this sentence confusing your brain?
If it's not then it's clear
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I'm fascinated by the way
Our language comes unstuck,
When all the rules of spelling
Look as though they've run amok.
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'Mankind has descended from monkeys'
I heard on the telly last week;
The scientists say that it's certain,
I say that I think they've a cheek.
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Get you purses out ladies
And rattle your cash
Get along to the ticket-booth
Go have a bash;
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I miss you my friend
I wish you were here
It's dreary without you
It's weary, unclear.
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The older a man gets
The more he gathers about himself
Those things that remind him
Of his youth
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Matter pulls to matter
Science tells us so;
Atoms do not scatter
They, beside each other flow.
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Into the morning rhythm now
The key is out the lock;
The kettle's bravely boiling
As I glance up at the clock;
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People talk of a certain thing
As being an Institution,
But what exactly is this thing?
I offer my definition:
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