BIRTHDAY BOY:

We drove three hours north in the rain to see him in his cool shirt
and jacket looking thirty years younger sat at the table in a blue
satin sash that said birthday boy reaching a frail hand hand out
to me from his wheelchair he beamed and tried to say my name

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DON’T RUSH ME:

Amazing is all I need,
Scorpion cactus,
Underpass attraction,
Camera,
Caption,
Capture me for posterity,
Hello?

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TWO ROBOTS FOR EVERY BOY:

What you could’ve been,
That photograph of you,
In a pop magazine,
Outside a castle,
Italy,
1983

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WHEN THE TELEPHONE RINGS:

Silver bonnet bulldog pulls off the road,
Slow,
Parks up,
Sweet and salty,
Check me out

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NATURAL WAX:

Talking,
Talking,
Talking,
Stop when the Red light shows

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THE ROCKET POWERED BOYFRIEND:

Does he still bring you down?
Keep your hat on,
And your windows clean

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MY FAVOURITE CAT:

The one who loved,
Come in,
Make yourself at home

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JACK DICE:

The arrow points above the star,
Wooden bird sings,
A tub,
A tub,
For a wooden fish

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DON’T THINK YOU CAN GO UN-NOTICED DRESSED LIKE THAT:

What a wonderful world it would be,
You and me in sequins

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THINK YOU LOOK GREAT:

It’s an old trick,
Flattery gets you

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