What's a flat poem? P the ignorant does it mean bad or unteresting or
brilliant or summat Dave tell me what you think much obligededed P
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September 2011
In Leicester
the revolutionary youth
torched an Age Concern minibus
while in Libya
the heroes of the Arab Spring
beat Negroes
to a pulp. And then
took aim.
( I thought I'd write an equally flat poem from another point of view)
On 14 September 2011 10:18, Tim Allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Lovely!
>
> Tim
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>
> On 14 Sep 2011, at 08:48, Patrick McManus wrote:
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> SPRINGS
>> 2011
>>
>> Arab spring
>> Arab youth
>> Arab uprisings
>> applauded
>> wonderful!
>>
>> British spring
>> British youth
>> British uprisings
>> condemned
>> terrible!
>>
>>
>> pmcmanus
>> q903
>>
>
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