A fly sat upon my lethargic limb
And considered the nature of death.
I believe I heard emit from him,
“Such is life” with his final breath.

© Copyright Philip Barton May 30, 2023. All rights reserved.

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A tough and rugged giant
Opened beer cans with his teeth.
His designer concrete trousers
Had barbed wire underneath.

People trembled at his footstep,
His presence hushed a room.
People wondered who he was,
And was it who or was it whom?

Reading on the Richter scale,
No fancy fop was he.
For no one ever saw this male
Put milk into his tea.

© Copyright Philip Barton March 16, 2021. All rights reserved.

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I’ll tell you something funny,
I used to have a life.
I also had some money,
But I swapped them for a wife.

© Copyright Philip Barton, May 28, 2021. All rights reserved.

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I never knew a nose so kind
So tender, soft and true.
I love her, but she has to go,
She really spoils the view.

© Philip Barton January 17, 2003 – All rights reserved

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