Orlando Belo Poems

A Japanese gentleman in Tokyo
kept koi carp in an outdoor pond.
They all had beautiful colourings,
and they grew to be incredibly long.
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An apparition has just appeared, and he's told that he has some good news.
He said that good fortune has smiled upon me, despite my negative views.
I'm thinking that this sounds as though I've won a great deal of money,
but the longer he keeps this secret, the more it sounds deceitfully unfunny.
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When I saw your face in the mirror
you sent a shiver down my spine.
I know what I saw seems impossible,
but the sight of you blew my mind.
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I was forced from my accommodation
and went to live in a field of grass.
I managed to dig a tiny hole in the soil,
and in it, I sat and began to relax.
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I am an extremely ambitious person,
but I suffer from my lack of literacy.
I'm also useless in other subjects,
and especially sociology.
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Through a field of early summer grass,
we walked aimlessly holding hands.
We stopped occasionally to smile and kiss,
love was so easy to understand.
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Smooches and snoggers, and resting joggers
all seem to sit on this concrete bench.
Ramblers and walkers, and street hawkers
all seem to sit on this concrete bench.
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On a warm May morning, I made my way down Kilburn Lane,
I noticed a horse caught up in the fence by his tangled mane.
'Do me a favour, ' said the horse, 'please try to untangle me,
I've been tugging here for ages and I'm unable to get free.'
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From our very first moments together
to the absolute seconds of our last.
We journeyed through the present
which instantly became our past.
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Oh, for Marsden's Pedigree Bitter
with its one and only taste.
No other beer comes close to it,
and not a drop do I ever waste.
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