POEM

Having a great admiration for the work of John Betjeman the following is clearly influenced by his style. 4/1/09

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She stared at her grey television,

Watching her favourite show,

When she heard a knock at the door,

And decided that she'd better go.

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She struggled up from her armchair,

And shuffled across to the door,

But slipped over Ginger, the cat,

Banged her head, and lay still on the floor,

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The rat - tat-tat-tat grew much louder,

And its urgency grew more and more,

A clamour of voices she would have heard,

If she hadn't been dead on the floor.

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Next to her body lay knitting,

A jumper for Alice or Ted,

Depending on how it turned out,

But it didn't turn out 'cos she's dead!