Xenobombulation

ABC WEDNESDAY

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XENOBOMBULATION!

                                                           

Admit it! You've done it and so have I.....

Told that xenobombulation lie.

Pretended to sickness rather than

Face something unpleasant, like a man!

Malingering is its other name.

It's Human Nature that's to blame.

As a very small child you clutched your tummy

Saying 'No school, please, Mummy!'

Yes, we've all turned that little trick;

Writhing around and playing sick.

We'd get a nasty pain in the chest

Whenever the class was due a test.

A headache would rear it's ugly head

And we'd spend a blissful day in bed.

But parents very soon recognise

Little children's malingering lies.

That doesn't stop us trying it on

When our youthful days have gone.

Being clever, the day before,

We complain that our throat is sore,

Paving the way with a cough or two

Timed for when the boss walks through.

Our voice, on the phone, when we call next day,

Is weak and rasping and fades away.

Admit it! This little scenario,

This fabrication of wilting woe,

Seems to come very naturally

To everybody, including me.

But now there's a new word you can use

When trying-on the malingering ruse.

'I'm xenobombulated today!'

That is all you need to say.

You'll blind them with science and know no shame

As you spend the day at the football game!

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AMBIVALENCE!

How does this shot affect you?

Could you be the man in red?

Or do you picture yourself up there

And shy away with dread?

I find that I'm fascinated

Even though I am repelled!

My skin crawls with apprehension

And the fear will not be quelled.

I don't think that it's vertigo;

I can take heights as a rule.

And my school-marm side is adamant

That the man in red's a fool!

It's just that I know, were I up there,

I'd be drawn to that empty space!

I'd see myself floating off the cliff

With elegance and grace!

I can hardly look at the picture

And yet I can't look away!

I wonder how it affects you!

Do you feel the same way?

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The X-Factor

THE X-FACTOR

So I wonder what IS Factor X that we hear so much about,

That certain 'something' that a star simply cannot do without?

Is it partly charm? But charm is soft, it creeps into the heart,

It hasn't got that zingy touch singers dramatise and shout.

Is it the same as Clara Bow's old 'IT' of times long past?

She was rather zany, dominating all the cast.

Is it just being different and daring to reveal

Too much of voice, too much of charm? And is it really real?

Is it just a gimmick?  Is it hitting on some ruse

Which will get one in the papers and also on the news?

Or is it that Charisma that undoubtedly exists,

Having nothing at all to do with 'show biz' or those publicists?

Charisma has always existed; every leader in history

Has had that extra something in his personality.

Or is it a case of the Public, being told 'This one has X';

She's got the voice, she's got the style, she clearly oozes sex!',

Saying 'Ah! yes! We see it! So she has! Let's scream and shout!'

Following along like sheep without a single twinge of doubt?

Sometimes 'The X Factor's real for some but not for everybody;

I've witnessed actors full of  'X' who I've found rather shoddy.

'X marks the spot' where 'X' is found but it's all too much for me.

(Now I'm off to watch that gorgeous man just discovered on T.V.!)
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ARIES with GEMINI

Wow! I'm full of envy now! Your partnership's a glory!
Of all the tales in mating's books, yours is the Great Love Story!
Both spontaneous, full of life, bountiful, attractive!
Your sex lives will (how can I say?) be very, very active!
Gemini has a roving eye, but the body follows rarely,
And Gemini knows that Aries will react if used unfairly!
Both of you love adventure. The great wide world awaits!
And best of all, these lovers, can be firm and friendly mates.
You'll both thrive on an argument and love each great conclusion!
Like two bolts of lightning there will always be a fusion!
Intelligent, that's both of you, ingenious as well,
But Gemini's flirtations may involve 'kiss' but not 'tell'.
Aries makes the decisions; Gemini lags behind
But, in the end, it works out well as you will always find.
You're intelligent, and popular; my goodness! You're the works!
But restlessness may haunt you both; dissatisfaction lurks.
You've got it all and yet you yearn for even greener grass.
Hang in there! For those feelings, as the years go by, will pass.
Keep hold of the friendship! That will see you through.
And how the world will envy
The old age of you two!
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