Stephen Katona Poems

You thought you'd have an epitaph,
When you came near my calf.
I'm sorry I scared you and your brother,
I was just being a protective mother.
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From a group of boys,
Came excited jabbering noise.
In the corner of the playground,
There was something they had found.
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'Please don't eat me, '
Said the Zonkey,
To the Grolar Bear,
'I'm far too rare.
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It would be fantastic,
If we stopped using plastic,
And eased the world's pain,
With a healthy food chain.
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How I wish you'd let me know,
Before you decided to go.
When you came to play,
You seemed to be okay.
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Now what would you think,
Of a party all pink,
With pink iguanas,
Dressed in pink pyjamas?
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A smile costs nothing,
But is an easy way to show loving,
A beautiful handout,
To take away doubt.
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The tortoise watched some field mice play,
One beautiful sunny summer's day,
When who should fix him with a stare,
Than his old race partner, the hare.
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You see a wrinkled 102 year old,
Balanced on the edge of a knife,
Waiting for a puff of wind,
To send me crashing from this life.
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My dreams although short,
Some, I can report:
Riding on a wave,
Being rather brave,
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