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Misdirections


 


In my lifetime Malaya, Korea, Suez, 


Falklands, Bosnia, The First Gulf War


As the Twentieth Century passed


I'm sure there were more.


 


Sitting in the wrong house 


Trying to think


Really I've had 


Far too much to drink.


It  was the last Voddy that did it.


Went straight to my head.


I should have turned right


But I turned left instead.


 


How could I tell her


I was in the wrong street


So I invented this survey


Which I asked her to complete.


Slurring and stuttering, pretending


To Research on conflict and strife


And their effect on 


Living a normal life.


 


It doesn't seem to matter


How much effort I make


The lady has discovered


That I am a fake.


She went upstairs


I think to ring the police


So I slip out through the door


To a hurried release.


 


A patrol car arrives


Passes me on the street


Just too late 


My escape is complete.


This time I turn


And walk the correct way,


Glad to be free at the end


Of a very very trying day.


 


Thinking, Second Gulf War,


Afghanistan,the Islamic State,


The Twenty First Century


Proving to be yet another one of hate.


 



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Misdirections