Kenneth Steven

Voting with My Feet

issue 24 March 2007

I wish I could be fun at parties too:

Slap men across their backs and flirt with girls,

Tell ribald tales, play games with young blonde curls,

Shout, ‘Murphy, man, remember at the zoo!’

Instead I drink too much and hog the loo,

Avoid the crowd and wince at insults hurled,

Trip over doctors’ shoes, get caught in pearls,

Knock over priceless Mings .

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