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The Muppet Show
By JininyC
13 January 2008
Hi, the name is Jay, Please let m eknow what you think... Thanks for your time.

On Friday nights when out in town,
Beware the much loved wide boy clown.
With not much sense between the ears,
Don’t mess with them, more still their beers.

To spot them look for all the bling,
The trackie bottoms, sovereign ring,
The baseball cap and eyebrow bar,
The pretty girls, the bad boy car.

Just keep your head down, do not stare,
Their ‘limping’ walk and grade two hair.
For if you do and catch their eye,
They’ll say “yeah wot, you’re gonna die”


"I’m gonna stamp right on your ‘ead,
cos I’m well ‘ard, you’re f***in’ dead”
Don’t try to reason, just get out.
We all got sense, they went without


Don’t answer back or show you’re weak,
Just keep your mouth shut do not speak
Let them talk, impress their mates,
Their little gangs and ‘drive thru’ dates


It won’t take long, they’ll get confused
Their brains begin to feel abused
“What four letter letter word shall I use next ?”
Their pint in hand, they stand perplexed


And so it seems, they’ve made their point
They’re off to smoke another joint
To talk about how 'bad' they are
Or race around town in one litre car


So I live to fight another day
I’ve had my beer, I’m on my way
But in seven days time, well it’s déjà vu
Then my mates are out, so it’s six against two…

Reviews

Written by Josie (2500 comments posted) 13th January 2008
Hello Jay. Welcome to GW. I'm glad we've another rhyming poet because we are in short supply these days.  
You can often see by the length of the lines where things can be improved. For example, look at verse 3. The first line sticks out and it wasn't necessary to start a new sentence here, let alone a new verse with a conjunction. So why not put the conjunction in the right place - between the connecting clauses of your sentence? Then rather than have three "ands" you can make the last two lines a new sentence. Here's just an example: 
 
It seems to me they’ve made their point 
And they’re off to smoke another joint - 
They’ll proudly boast how bad they are 
As they cruise around in a stolen car. 
 
The last verse needs similar adjustment and you can easily do it as I've given you clues. Very good though for first try. It's quite difficult. 
 
I've tapped in three for the rhyming lines, as you see. It highlights them well. Look at the lengths of my lines now. 

Written by JininyC (11 comments posted) 13th January 2008
Thanks Josie, I appreciate the correction. I have amended it a little, and hope that it reads better. P.s Thank you for the email.

Written by Steve_K (53 comments posted) 13th January 2008
Yo Jay. I'm not a rhymer but this is a nice write. The last stanza's the best in my humble opinion ie. 6 to 2 reference. Quite Funny... 

Written by Karenhoffen (37 comments posted) 13th January 2008
Great poem reflecting today's less pleasant side of society. Liked the twist at the end - it made me laugh.
Hi Jay
Written by maipenrai (780 comments posted) 13th January 2008
and welcome to GW, a good wriye is this, I enjoyed the read. 
Bernie
Thanks all.
Written by JininyC (11 comments posted) 13th January 2008
I appreciate the comments, is nice to hear both good and bad feedback from peeps that are good at what they do, and know where I can improve. Thank you.

Written by embro (126 comments posted) 14th January 2008
Hi..... This is a good write, some nice descriptions and I like the title. Amusing and fresh ! 
Embro

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