roy may Poems

'Stand up straight' yelled the judge 'Tell the court how you plead' he enquired of the young man accused
'You are here to be tried of a heinous crime so why are you looking amused'.
'Not Guilty! M’laud' Replied the accused 'And I’ll tell you what’s making me smile
I was looking at that thing you’ve got on your head, I’ve seen nothing like that for a while'
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O how I wish that then was now
When horses pulled the farmers plough
When steam propelled the midnight train
I’ll never see those times again
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For years I’ve tried so very hard
To try to emulate a Bard
Though I sit up half the night
and struggle as I try to write
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Alas I find it quite perverse, that I can only write in verse, the habit has become a curse
It’s time I though of quitting
I’m very envious of those, who effortlessly turn out prose, that without rhyme just some how flows
Their skill is unremitting.
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Where would you like to be buried they asked
Well really that’s not my concern
It won’t bother me if I’m under a tree
Or stuck on a shelf in an urn
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Who are you? . And where are you from? . The document enquired
I was not in the mood for this for I was feeling tired
The first bit was quite easy, as I simply wrote my name
The second part I found I couldn’t answer quite the same
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The single church bells eerie boom
Serves only to enhance the gloom,
They pass the freshly open tomb
They’ve come to say goodbye.
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