Misguided

MAD KANE

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MISGUIDED

A woman was planning to back

A horse that they said was a hack

She said ' It's so sweet

Even with four left feet!

It will do very well on the track!'

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FALSE MOVE

(A response to twelve chosen words)

Dad kept an engine in the basement

Checking its performance every day.

He'd vanish down the stairs

To clean or do repairs,

He'd immerse himself in revs in every way.

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I was not allowed in the basement;

My engineering know-how was too slight;

I didn't know the ropes,

Or how a mechanic copes.

In a hoarse voice Dad would tell me 'Not tonight!'

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It isn't that I meant to be disloyal;

I knew that retribution would be swift

But when I squeezed in through the door

The engine toppled on the floor!

I left it there! It was too big to lift!

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