TRIP TO DEAL POEM 3

Walking along the beach we came across a curious sight. A sign. It beckoned the visitor to the water with the most unusual promise ...

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Sun, Sea and Sausage Rolls

You took it wrong as you

Thought from my smile and kindness

That you could pay for my love

We did not discuss the terms of payment –

a monthly schedule or pay as you go,

For I did not have an ad to call.

There is fun to be had in the sun,

The sea is slick and frivolous,

And so can be love.

It is a game, a delight, a sport,

A starter,

A harder lover would laugh and

Roll over for the price is good,

And life is short.

The term of endearment to provoke

Such an engagement I did not hear

For I was not primed for such an occasion.

Centred on a centreless centrifugal force

We ended up with sausage rolls and tea

Rather than the sport of the tenacious tongue.

"Pride is all very well, but a sausage is a sausage." Terry Pratchett