Once I looked good - now I look good and long...

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"Not bad for eighty,"

reflected my mirror. Thing

is, I'm forty-two...

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...seems I'm not as good

for MY age as I am for,

well...someone else's!

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The weather reflects

my mood. Time to batten down

the hatches, people!...😡

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(17 Syllables)

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Britain's Got Talent?

Really? Then how come there's none

in the Cabinet?...

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(17 Syllables)

The Solomon Islands...

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"Bullet, Mr?" asks

the shy young girl where once were

flowers on Bloody Ridge...

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Was the sun as bright, 

the view so beautiful,

in 1942?...

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Gullible's Travels, 1991 - 2001.

Masterchef elimination...

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Was this the perfect

pasta dish? No. I'd made a

fusilli mistakes...

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Dear Dr Ellie, the pain in my gut is no more down to

IBS than my dislike of politics is down to IDS...

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Bugger, her eyes are green!...

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"I've bought you a great

pair of blue earrings to match

your..." - "lips, when they're cold?"

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(17 Syllables)

a visitor...

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a bird alights on

my balcony, at home in

the concrete jungle...

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