Alessandra Liverani Poems

Is blind fear blind?
Yes, it is
Is blind fear fear?
Yes, it is
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Hello Bob, it's Archie, me telly's on the blink
Without me telly on it's even hard for me to think
I watch it of an evening snuggled up beneath me doona
Can you come round. Not later, I'd rather it were sooner
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I’ll drive you to the shopping centre, Sandy’s grandma offered
Sandy gladly accepted the proposition her gran proffered
“I’ll just wait in the car”, said gran, “while you go in and inquire
About a job in those shops, surely someone will hire”
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Hold that thought, no not that one
That one will get you undone
The one before which flitted past so fleeting
That's the one to which you should be heeding
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It's all in your mind, well of course it must be
It's not in your elbows, little toe or left knee
It's not in the hair that sprouts from the mole on your nose
And it's not in the place that smells like a rose
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Zulu was a zebra who loved zapping on his zither
Roger the rhinoceros rattled his rattler with raucous rigour
Leo a leonine lion loved to languorously play his lute
And Flavia the flaming flamingo fluttered flirtatiously on her flute
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Sally bought a toothbrush holder made from gleaming brass
Solid, smooth and golden, it was really class
But she was loathe to spend long dreary hours
Buffing and shining it, after hefty scours
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Do you want to know the items that sit on my desk
You do? Well I'll list them and then give you a test
A pair of sunglasses, scissors, a cup and a phone
Some papers scattered over and a pen resting alone
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Are brainwashers themselves brainwashed?
Have their brains also been squashed?
Have they been indoctrinated
To spew out brainwashing most hated?
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I wish I could, but I can't
I wish I would, but I won't
I can't do it, I don't believe
That is something I could never achieve
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