He swigged back the Turkish cherry extract as a drunk might toss a whiskey chaser. Like a sweet tooth child biting into an acid drop candy the acrid aftertaste detracted from the desired delight. Fusableinfernoflatitudexxxvinegarbitternessgulp.
He yearned for the elexia of yesterday comparable to a Swiss Cherrize liquor, sweet honeyed smoothnes a Haut Brion of beverages worthy of the first Adam before his fall.
You can’t beat those elexias.
ReplyDelete"Born in a hospital in Wellington,
ReplyDeleteWindiest place under the sun..."
...his mum was an artist from Hospital hill,
ReplyDeleteAnd dad was a sailor from Mornington.
... And he drank cherry juice and thought it was neat
ReplyDeleteForgetting he was supposed to put it on his feet
He told everyone it was elexia
Showing further proof of his dyslexia....
Catholic, Catholic Robert, king of wild Moera.
In 1520 Martin Luther arose
ReplyDeleteSaid Sola Scripture was the way to go
But the Catholics had tradition and the pope
And so the others really had no hope
Catholic
Catholic Robert
Follower of the true faith
Then Martin was arrested for being rude
DeleteHe nailed his faeces to the church and that was crude
The Pope asked for someone to clean up the poo
And the job fell to Robert who knew what to do ..
Robert, Catholic Robert who is a cleaner too.
Then Brian Tamaki came along,
ReplyDeleteHe said, "You Catholics are wrong."
Your altar cloth is just a rag,
We only need one flag.
You see, we know a better way,
We'll walk along the motorway.
You don't need to ride,
When God is really on your side.
Hey, and I don't need your lip,
Because I've made myself a bishop.
OK but your rhyme's moved away from the Davy Crocket song.
DeleteSo has your spelling of his name.
ReplyDeleteDavy is responsible for that saying "keep your powder dry" so he kept that extra 't' in reserve most times.*
Delete* The Curmudgeon's Inc. - keeping you informed on those things that you are poorly informed on.
And keeping you informed on bad grammar- The Curmudgeons Inc.
ReplyDeleteWe do our best. Our mandate is to obfuscate and confuse. It's a wonder we didn't stay Christians.
DeleteThe Curmudgeons Inc.
Same shit, different day.
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