FEWER

No means to say
Opinion Polls ask fewer what
Populace alarmed
Questioning draws deeper blank
Inquiring minds bore deep to know

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BUTTER

Gold slices on golden knife,
Hitched there for short ride
In Kristie's kitchen -
Just enough for each side.
Curls of butter wait.

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one-legged woman
hops by a hole in the wall
Beirut bombed again

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PRESENTS

children's wristwatches
sold with Father Christmas tags
December on hand

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A GIANT SANTA

A giant Santa
with eyes this way and that
and pointing finger,
scaring children
who only come to play.

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SOULLESS, THE BUILDING

Soulless, the building
of a hundred floors
looked out over the river

Sharpe, the builder
regarded his creation
restlessly

He wished he could
give it soul
as he looked up from the Thames

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A PORTRAIT

painting a portrait
in the upper end of town
the lower end can wait

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