Poem -

The Redundant Fist

There was once a day
there most
certainly was, way back
in the day, that is ..

When his word was nowt
but a clip
round the proverbial ear ..
Until it occurred
to them both, that is ..

You get just one crack of
the whip
nowadays, and any old way
it’s pointless, to try
and rule, entirely by fear ..

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Marion

This write could apply to so many everyday situations in which we...a supremely unevolved species ...
find our true selves immersed x

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Neville

I'm delighted you could see it that way Marion .. I was a little concerned that some folk might take these words literally ..  x

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