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Friday Poetry Corner : The Fall

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    Friday Poetry Corner : The Fall

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    The sense of danger must not disappear
    The way is certainly both short and steep,
    However gradual it looks from here
    Look if you like, but you will have to leap.

    Tough-minded men get mushy in their sleep
    And break the by-laws any fool can keep
    It is not the convention but the fear
    That has a tendency to disappear.

    The worried efforts of the busy heap
    The dirt, the imprecision, and the beer
    Produce a few smart wisecracks every year;
    Laugh if you can, but you will have to leap.

    The clothes that are considered right to wear
    Will not be either sensible or cheap,
    So long as we consent to live like sheep
    And never mention those who disappear.

    Much can be said for social savoir-faire,
    But to rejoice when no one else is there
    Is even harder than it is to weep
    No one is watching, but you have to leap.

    A solitude ten thousand fathoms deep
    Sustains the bed on which we lie, my dear;
    Although I love you, you will have to leap;
    Our dream of safety has to disappear.



    WH Auden
    Last edited by AlfredJPruffock; 28 November 2008, 09:53.

    #2
    The UK economy is on the rocks
    You can barely afford a pair of socks
    Who can save us from these knocks?
    Your government, which is full of ... caring, thoughtful and imaginative problem solvers.
    "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "


    Thomas Jefferson

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      #3
      Originally posted by Ruprect View Post
      The UK economy is on the rocks
      You can barely afford a pair of socks
      Who can save us from these knocks?
      Your government, which is full of ... caring, thoughtful and imaginative problem solvers.
      The worried efforts of the busy heap
      The dirt, the imprecision, and the beer
      Produce a few smart wisecracks every year;
      Laugh if you can

      but you will have to leap.

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        #4
        You better watch out
        You better not cry
        Better not pout
        I'm telling you why
        Santa Brown is coming to town

        He's making a list,
        And checking it twice;
        Gonna find out Who's naughty and nice.
        Santa Brown is coming to town

        He laughs when you're weeping
        Has a smile thats clearly fake
        He knows if you've been taxed or not
        So be poor for goodness sake!

        O! You better watch out!
        You better not cry.
        Better not pout, I'm telling you why.
        Santa Brown is coming to town.
        Santa Broon is coming to town



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        ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

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