Jack Winsley

It's said that loved ones' who have passed away.
Can visit us in other living form.
If you dismiss this as sheer fallacy,
My evidence will quickly reinform.
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He stood quietly in the supermarket queue
Observing the people with trolleys ahead of him.
The lady in front if him turned and said
'You only have a few things my darling, you go before me'.
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What shall we do today my love?
What shall we do today?
We'll lie in a boat
Not even afloat
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Fragile and beautiful
Graceful and strong
Hither and thither
All the day long
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I left the comfort of my home
And ran away to be alone.
I walked the shore down by the sea
And just my footprints followed me.
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When I was young, I thought I'd hate to reach the age of fifty-eight.
I looked at my old uncle Jack who wheezed and coughed and grew quite fat
And thought, I'll never be like him, I'll die at thirty-five quite slim.
But when I got to thirty-four I realised that I wanted more
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