Sonnet

I gained a classics degree from Oxford, worked in Boots,
but I could have been a financial manager...

Now, this medicated oil is a clever godsend,
there is nothing on this Earth it just won't mend;...

Valentino arrived in heaven, angels queued in turn,
'Thank God,' they said, 'Not to the other place...

They prised the rings off her fingers before anyone
could get there, then the undertaking was done...

I was in a man's bar in the downtown Boston,
talking to some locals who had a Brit to seize on,...

My dentist said to me: 'It was time,' didn't like,
you immediately think that your life has a spike...

My Grandfather, the wisest man I ever knew!
Once told me;" take care of your feet; and they will...

What would you do if you came back to Earth again?
You have a different body, the last difficult to...

When does it begin? Only when knowledge is retained,
he's only just out of uni, the boss recently...

The rocks turned brown, yellow and gold so I'm told,
supposed to be no seasons but it was still very...

You thought that the sunshine would never come,
but it did between purple and green and then some;...

My achievements are but a few,
Had a competitive spirit; is true!
Always wanted a trophy; for...

No they don't, why do good people have to suffer,
be careful, fate will run you down if you let her...

I can go anywhere I really choose to go,
but you don't have to tell me 'to go with the flow,'...

That twin feels the same pain as I do,
if I have a twinge, then he's got one too,
it's all...

I used to work for a brewery, one pint a day,
I wasn't rolling barrels, designing pubs so they say...

That's 'great,' the things we used to do -
like Tony's magic tricks, I woke up in Istanbul,
...