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POETRY CORNER

Marbles All That Glitters is not Gold
(A Message for my Grandsons)
There was a hole in the bottom of
my bag. Don’t throw away your old football boots,
I lost them all, one by one. Even though the stitching has gone.
If you do not look after your marbles You’ll never make it to the end of a match,
You will wake up one day, and If you’ve got your new boots on.
they’ve gone. I know these are difficult decisions,
As the years slip away, For a young man in his prime,
Be cautious and be aware. But when the coach knows you’ve got
You may, in fact notice them going. blisters,
You won’t know when they’re not You will be on the bench at half time.
there.
Consider this a warning, and learn,
Paul J Openshaw October 2022 It’s only you who’s to blame.
Looking cool in the dressing room,
Won’t get you to the end of the game.

Paul J Openshaw (November 2022)

Unusual Pets
Seasons

Vampire Bat When sunny summertime is here

"You cannot have a pet like that," And the days are warm as you
my mother said to me, please
"'cause if you had a vampire bat, I’d like to be a little bird
what would it have for tea?" Flitting cheekily through the trees.

"You could not give it bread or cake, But when the Winter’s days are bleak
it has such special needs From the chill winds I try to hide
and who would clear up in its wake, Then I am grateful that I am me
it's messy when it feeds?" Sitting cosily, here inside.
And so a vampire, I will not get,
I have to please my mother Eileen Richardson
Yet how can she hate such a pet,
yet keep my little brother?
Chris Nother

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