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America went through its MAGA stage,
Riotous time when idiots raged.
In Congress now, Bill brings chips back,
From Chyyna for US ‘putor racks.
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It needs a slogan that’s for sure,
Don’t buy Chyynese one moment more.
Try “MACA” logo on truckers caps,
Folk’ll wear it, they like that crap.
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“Make American Chips Again“
It’s catchy, almost sounds insane.
McDonald’s sniffs to get a share,
Where profits come from, do they care?
Today the air has buzzing sounds, propellers going round and round,
Sometimes the clouds of moisture made are ripped to shreds ‘copter by blades.
Can’t tell the path by which they come, as I sit here on my bum,
As soon as reverberations fade away I can get on with my day.
Ruminating ’bout many things, my mind is fraught by thoughts on wings,
By slights I’ve given, and families riven, by stuff I’ve said yet unforgiven
As I grow older, care less about, gen x stuff their boring shouts.
Recall when I was at their age, the hardest thing, to turn the page.
The pansies turn to face the sun,
Twisting their violet and yellow heads.
In sympathy with solar rays,
Past solstice there’ll be shorter days.
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Some roses bloom and are fragrant,
Their perfumed sweetness on the air.
The fountain in the fish”s pool,
Starts automatically on timer rule.
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As sun goes down evening turns cold,
Time to put the sirloin on.
It’s slathered in a spicey mix,
For barbecue, it’s just the trick.
The tables are so far apart,
Can’t even tell when neighbour farts.
Folk sit in one’s, occassionally twos,
On chairs hard as pentacostal pews!
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It’s covid that bought this about,
Avert my gaze, a charity tout!
Most people are of senior years,
Jumbo pachyderms, soft flabby ears.
Tinder wanted me to match
Strange I thought, but what’s the catch.
Did I subscribe, sure I hadn’t,
Was it spam, so how to prevent it.
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As I filled the eform in,
For body type and fetishism
Seems strange kinkiness now all the rage
Till it got down to my age.
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Honestly I filled in age box,
The screen went blank, then off.
Seems old farts not welcome here,
Best go get a nice cold beer
The gate swings to and fro,
Scraping as it goes.
On the concrete gravel
Sets nerves on edge and frazzled.
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Bunnings warehouse has a hinge,
Another buying binge.
Screw the hinge kit into place
The scrap is now erased
Resonant o’er estuary comes the boom,
Of cannon shots, it’s just gone noon.
We’re celebrating birth of nation,
Ausconomy hit by growing inflation.
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Traditions borne of yesteryear,
For millennials now bring little cheer.
Instead of booms would they prefer,
One eighty six text characters?
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The Hobart Chinaman 
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