It was Thursday
and the young people
did something marvellous,
hoped the old man.

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Julie had absolutely zero friends.
Her life was utter bliss.

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Judy took the wrong exit off the motorway
And drove off the end of the Earth.

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Marcus had a huge
fall from Grace.

She missed him so much.

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The eulogist died
To a smattering of applause.

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Gerald ate a teacup –
The fucking idiot.

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It was lunchtime,
So he climbed inside a sandwich
And waited for Eric.

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the man had a secret

it was quite dark, actually

so he never told a soul

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The doggy bag was full of goodies.
‘Quite the haul,’ said the baddies
as they drank their fizzy pop.

© Carl Burkitt 2016