Hammering Past the Stop

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Hammering past the stop
Clock hands clap inside the shop,
Sliding along the ledge,
Springboards sprout near water's edge.
Dream, it seems that Teens in Jeans
Have all the fun.
Wake to break the cake or rake the ashes through.

Chattering all the way,
Type write, tight as if to say.
Motoring to the spot,
Light weight like a spinning top.
Fear appears to leer and jeer
At everyone.
Change the range, it's strange 
An Angel leads the way.

Let all races search your cases,
They'll not find a thing,
Hear the bells ring.

Go to places, look for traces
Of things as they were,
Bone and seal fur.

Sail, blaze a trail to China
Eastern beauties dance.
Sleep on a paper floor
Gazing at the stars.
Nothing left to chance,
The crew deserts your boat,
For sweethearts not afloat.

Teetering on the brink,
Rocks fall, blocks your cables kink.
Buckling at the seams
So real, see the laser beams.
Seeds of weeds all plead their need
For warmth and light.
Clear the pier so near to tears 
You cannot see.

*** Instrumental break ***

Smile, make your pile from hot dogs.
Take a well earned break.
Soon you'll be back at work
Serving very late.
Folding serviettes,
The menu doesn't change
The order's rearranged.

I married a girl
Who used to jump out of cakes,
'Till I put on the brakes
Now in Market Research,
She left me for a confectioner.

I'm tempted to write
A book, so people would say,
Is it based on a play,
Or a script of a film
That you copied from Gestetner.

*** Instrumental break ***

I thought of a scheme
Where if I had a pen friend
I could stay in Ostend
For a week on the cheap
But I never heard another word.

I saw in a film
How to build a steel wall.
As wide as it was tall.
How to keep it from rust.
I can't remember what it was for.

*** Instrumental break ***

Sensible shoes in rows
Vetoed by those in the know.
Uniform heights and weights,
Face front, bait piled on your plate.
Test the nest, the best will rest
On promised land.
Teach or preach the beach will reach
Down to the sea.

Omega comes at half
Past nine, fine alright by me.
Semaphore Snoopies wave
On watch faces second hand
Wined and dined, so kind yet blind
To trouble signs.
End, suspend, pretend or send
Us both away…


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