Paul Warren Poems

Albert Pierrepont was dubbed the Official Executioner of England
After first being Assistant Executioner as a family job on hand
Finally being made Chief Executioner after his father retired
And this was a part time job called to service as it transpired
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Drive in theatres in 1976 were the rage
When couples met in summers made
And Whyalla had its own one too
On Fridays and Saturdays audiences it drew
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Working for the man every day
Getting up to the grind in every way
He stayed to the task for his family
As we remember him so easily
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What makes people laugh
Is it the absurdity of a gaff
Or a funny line said at the right time
Is it the freshness of something fine
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Cats are strange dudes
There are things they find rude
Like touching their tail
They will bite without fail
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Sitting on a rock in the bush in the Flinders Ranges
With a billabong in front and a kookaburra singing
There are some wallabies slowly hopping as it isn't strange
And a wedge tail eagle is in a tree branch is at us staring
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The Japanese heavy industry took a battering
During the Second World War whilst they were fighting
So Japanese companies like Toyota went to the army
And requested Allied POWs to work in their factories
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The road goes on
As the ribbon of life
With a beginning
And maybe an end
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In the Great War animals went as soldier's saviours
There were calvary mounts including the Australian whalers
With pigeons flying messages when lines were down
Flying over muddy and shell torn broken ground
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Time, if I only had time
Time to think it all through for a rhyme
Time to love those near me
Time to have what I need to see
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