Father earned a paltry craftsman's wage...
It's a bluntness of the saw blade,
or a roughness of the smoothing plane?
Thoughts when waking boozed again
in a never-ending line.
Got beaten every Christmas.
Just averting death by sharpened knife.
A single kiss if not your wife,
you can join the host divine.
Under a northern sky we
barely got the basics seen to.
With alms from those sat highly,
make a couple humble dreams true.
Barefooted through an Africa of flames...
We finally surrendered
that drought-beleaguered place of birth.
fatigue-becloaked and rage-begirthed,
I led the tribe toward
a land of coruscating wonder,
where lakes abound, in winters freeze.
Time for someone else to please
the servants now in turn.
Under a northern sky we
barely got the basics seen to.
With alms from those sat highly,
made a couple humble dreams true.
Pith helmet will protect you from the glare...
A postcard with a picture
saying "Greetings from the Andes peaks,
this man is wrecked and comfort seeks
off a young girl's loins.
If anyone could tell me
how thick it is, this ozone layer.
I'm losing both the fight and hair,
'Enjoy life!', Doc enjoins."
Under a northern sky we
barely got the basics seen to.
With alms from those sat highly,
made a couple humble dreams true.