No Excuses!
\nby cricketjeff on June 4, 2011.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nI wish that I could blame the change for slaughtering my muse
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But that would be a monumental lie
\nOr swear that I would write but hate had coloured all my views
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But I am not a weird vindictive guy
\nThe changes that our leader’s made are not at all to blame
\nOn any site my poetry’s the same
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\nI wish that I could pass the buck for all my many faults
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But you are not all dafter than the dead
\nIf Kevin slaughters virgin goats while turning somersaults
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It won’t affect the voices in my head
\nThe rich text box is not my friend but not why I can’t write
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That’s just because my brain’s out for the night
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\nI wish that I could think some thoughts to change the fate of man
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Or win the Nobel Prize for spreading peace
\nBut I can’t even tell the tale of Matthew and his Nan
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Or how Arbuthnot came to meet Bernice
\nI really want a good excuse but inspiration’s left
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And no-one’s going to prison for the theft
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\nIt’s hard for me to tell the truth, but all my fiction’s flown
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 So I can’t start a story or a song
\nMy friendly dragon Melvin isn’t answering his phone
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And Snaggleduff has texted “Move along”
\nTomorrow I may feel the urge to buckle down and write
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But now it’s time for tea and bed, goodnight!
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\n Author notes
\nBut really this bloody rich text editor has GOT to go!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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