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By oxy
20 April 2005
I think most can relate to having someone overstay their welcome.

A friend of ours dropped in one day,
and asked my wife if he could stay,
Just for a week until he could find
somewhere to leave his woes behind.

He knew she was a caring soul
who wouldn't leave him in a hole,
three weeks and he's still here
it's time to make our feelings clear.

"We took you in when you were low
because you had no place to go,
when we go out to earn some bread
you wont get up out of that bed.
Get off your arse and do a bit
instead of acting like a twit.

You don't clean up or wash a plate
your bedrooms in an awful state,
walking around with my slippers on,
I'd have a drink but my beer's all gone.
We've had enough and to make it clear
heres your bags - now piss off out of here."

 

 


 

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is this meant for the non fiction sectio
Written by kevinrobson73 (441 comments posted) 20th April 2005
very enjoyable chuckleworthy 
third line on 2nd stanza could be tighter 
ie 
three weeks later he's still here 
other than that i thought it scanned and read well

Written by oxy (28 comments posted) 20th April 2005
Thanks for the advise
advice
Written by oxy (28 comments posted) 20th April 2005
happens to us all
Written by NorthernRose (25 comments posted) 22nd April 2005
Put a big smile on my face. 
I can definitely relate to this scenario. 
Well written. Even though I'm not a big poetry fan, I really enjoyed this one. :)

Written by blue_istari (5 comments posted) 12th October 2006
Heh I definitely liked this one. Who needs angsty poetry when you can have a bit of humour?! ;)

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