rattle snake rattling along, head down straight t the gates, straight past em straight what a state t get into straight laced straight leggd, straight jacket, straight pegged straight t hell, straight t jail straight t nowhere straight t fail rattle me, rattle you got t find something new t do sometime lose all of my blue or maybe dig the gods of drugs some one last time again (lifes more fun when your stoned out of your brain) rattle and hum rattle my pain do my rattle make me sane but what pain is this i eat good dont i and the seagulls sundive and grin for me anyway how can i be unhappy when theres ice cream everywhere?

childlike he plays a sparkling game inside the crystal of his mind he gives what he can get you and takes what he can find ive never been so blessed by anything before of the love of one so precious he dances in the shadows of a world that doesnt see him the purset kindest loving thing that could only really be him hes happy and hes beautiful and profound like the stars his way is full of wonder hes gentle and hes beautiful and i never will again meet one that plays so fair i carry him around inside my head and in my heart everywhere i go and breathe a deep wish, every single night that keeps him safe from harm and rules and laughing and loving and dreaming along ( the mystical light of the east) eothan

raincheck take a raincheck from the rainstorm take a break take a rainbow channell my rage into better chess and make a better guess yes yes take a raincheck from the rainstorm take a chance on me take a ticking ticking time bomb take it from me life is a wizard i am its spell life is a lizard i am its sense of smell i flicker its tongue into forbidden questions ignore good sense and sensible suggestions life is a rainstorm i just got wet and i still havent learned my lessons yet

sadsong she was never sure what he meant in the letters he never sent never really sure atall and she never knew why he didnt call she never smelled the flowers that he never gave her not sure why he tried to enslave her for she gave him all the love she had he gave her nothing just made her sad she wasted long hours crying over spilt milk and never got round to cleaning it up

this is the poem this is the poem that won the prize that hit clean between the judges eyes the content so funny and full of humour it caused a temporary forgetfullness of the judges malignant tumor and never once forgot to rhyme the judge he read it to all his friends and even emailed it to a poetry list to which he sometimes sends this is the poem that won the loot for the poet in his second hand suit who went on stage to collect the prize and even managed to act surprised even though he was told two weeks before that he'd won and that it even got published in the sun this is the poem that bought the yacht for the poet, thanks a lot this is the poem that broke the bank the camels back, the one to thank this is the poem that got away this is the poem, ok this is the poem that smiled happily and rhymed along so twist and snappily this is the poem that secured the deal this is the poem that a theif tried to steal once it was famous and worth a few bob this is the poem, that was just the job this is the poem that everyone read every night twice before they went to bed after everybody had cleaned their teeth and put the cat out and it never once forgot to rhyme

the not very good lifeguards hey what was that the sea just spat out there washed up on the shore whats that shape just lying there i wonder if theres more hey whats that crawling up the sand hey whats that coughing up water do you think we should maybe take a look i really think we oughta hey whats that falling down again hey whats that dying on the floor what was that the sea just swallowed back up i cant see it no more oh well whose go is it

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