11 November 1995
Poppy sings for Olwen
’cause she begs her to
Busk the husk of dusk
’til Dawn
Opium O-O paean
She’s the heroin(e)
Of the laud in ‘em
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Lord, I’m numb
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Poppy Sings : “Lord, I’m Numb”
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Papa, Won’t Ya Gimme a Lift ?
Posted in Sillier Juvenilia, tagged Beelzebub, Buddha, Desperation, God, Heaven, Help, Jesus, Midas, Phone Boxes, Poetry, Puns, Religion, Telephones on November 9, 1995 | Leave a Comment »
9 November 1995 (15:33:17)
They saw Jesus in a call-box, groanin’
Didn’t know who it was He was phonin’
Magdalene was prescient ’bout her stonin’
Said it was the FLYER who was moanin’
‘Zebub went to dinner with the Buddha
Prince said : “Give the moon back, if you would-a”
Flappings quipped : “I don’t know if I should-a”
So they bearthed a [...]
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