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Unread 01-28-2007, 12:56 PM
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http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=137482007 http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?...02&id=98032007

A poem on my pillow

welcome to this tourist trap
freshly packed in plastic wrap
usual piece of mindless crap
love from Edinburgh

Duncan
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Now you lay you down to sleep
let me warn you, you should keep
a gun cocked ready by the bed.
The last guest who slept here is dead.
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(with apologies to Herrick):

....In this very bed was laid
....Agnes Campbell, once my maid,
....Maid no more (tho none the worse)
....Thanks to your inviting verse.
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Wondering why the pillow’s pocked?
Blasted poet’s gun was cocked!!
(Seems the trigger sprang a shot
in recoil to a skirling Scot).
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Oh, please, enjoy your stay tonight.
Don't mind the ghosts in the dim light,
But should you scream, as you just might,
You aren't charged extra for the fright.
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Pleasant dreams, sojourner here.
Enjoy the bed, the HBO.
We hold you and your business dear.
But don't forget, by ten, to go.
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An interesting report from one of the poets who participated in the event:
http://tonguefire.blogspot.com/2007/...irky-shot.html

Duncan

[This message has been edited by Duncan Gillies MacLaurin (edited February 12, 2007).]
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