you where were? you are confusing me with the wheres and wherefores??
Doh! L i v e r p o o l
yes but where where you going from and to?etc
Speke. no,I’m not telling you to talk,it’s a place.
I’m beginning to suspect you are taking the P
nah nah I used to go to school in Speke quite a nice suburb but not really Liverpool heh more an outer suburb wez were in the heart a 20mins walk from the Pier head
Well it was nearer to Liverpool than Cardiff where I lived most of the year 
As a small boy I was fascinated by the river and always wanted to be on the ferry.They were the best holidays I had.
yes I did “ferry across the Mersey” quite often - very quick trip to reach say the Wirral Peninsula but for children it was magic because often there was sand over there!
And the fair ground at New Brighton.
Of course who could forget the fairground - one of my uncles worked there as a “general dogs body” and we used to hunt him out to his surprise and ask him to get us some food!
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Is Love Sublime?
You say you love me , but ‘not IN love’
Cannot live without me, need me all the time
Oh what a love sublime!
You crave me day and night
Feel lonely, cry for love
But criticize and ‘put me right’
You say we are as one; Oh what love sublime?
You say you’re often bored, and want me to excite
Take you dancing and romancing
Carry you home in the wee hours
And tuck you safely in: Oh what love sublime?
you say you love me, but ‘not IN love’
I don’t know what you mean, how can it be
Perhaps you love to see me puzzled and confused
Is this love sublime?
And yet at times you have your rage
When my eyes stray from your form
Rest on others adorn, you pout and demand my love
Is this love sublime?
You say those other words, devoted, cherished, mine
But ‘not IN love, is love so blind?
Does love just stifle hearts, and swamp all thoughts of ME
Does love demand allegiance to stay and never flee?
Is love conditioned on what I give and you give back
Something to be rationed out and paid for with a sign
Of gratitude and humbleness, does this make love sublime?
I think the bird has flown and isn’t coming back
The cage looked shiny from outside but crippled her inside
She felt the air rush by, the cobwebs brush away
The sun felt good upon her locks, Ah now is love sublime!
© gumbud 2021
you still around P smith - up late or is it earlier with the clock change?
Men of the Night
I was feeling kind of lonely and a little out of cash
so I signed up for a ‘toyboy’ thing, a different kind of bash
some joker took me through the drill and told me man me phone
and when they ring don’t hang around and make sure you’re still at home
I’d been billed as Muscle Murphy on 041993624
6 foot 2 and rippling thighs they tingle at the door
when I asked them what the age range was
they said ‘just ladies right?’
you work six on and one to rest to get the testosterone right
they said you start at 6pm and finish when you like
but just make sure you’re fresh next day or rather 6 at night
so I superwaxed me muscles, shaved chin, combed waxen hair
and waited for the phone calls from the ladies without care!
What I hadn’t bargained for was that men are just from Mars
They have this fast and lightning touch thirty seconds to the stars
But the ladies were from Venus and would have no heed of rush
They wanted the full romance from cocktails, chat and moonlight brush
So I found myself in trouble only one full job a night
I was rapidly losing money and me money belt grew tight
I knew that I could manage three, just had to speed the process
But how to do it with the charm, and give them all the mostess?
I devised a plan of action, I would turn up at the door
Rose in hand, swept off their feet and whisper ‘J’adore’
Rush them to the bedroom and smoother them with kissing
And be out the door before they woke and wondered what they’re missing
It worked for the first half dozen and I thought it’s goin well
then I came across bronzed brunette – straight from hell!
I handed her the rose and swept her off her feet
But before I moved another inch she had brought me to my feet
The perfume overpowering made my head just whirl around
I was seeing stars and bedroom floors and could not hold me ground
When I awoke at crack of dawn the lady she had flown
My weekly earnings all had gone and my manly pride was blown
© gumbud 2021
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Ha Ha! Great stuff Gumbud love it!
That happened to husband best army mate in Hong Kong…she took his clothes as well…what a sight for sore eyes…
do you want some more?
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I THOUGHT
I thought I heard you laugh last night
But you had long gone –taken flight
I wish that I’d recorded you
To play that laugh when I felt blue
I thought I heard you laugh last night
I thought I heard your singing lo
Like long forgotten echo; echo
Almost forgotten how sweet you sound
But now just silence all around
I thought I heard you singing lo
I thought I heard you call my name
In that mock authoritative vein
It always made me smile and think
I know she’s calling with a wink
I thought I heard you call my name
I thought I felt you touch my arm
You always felt so strong and calm
Or hold my shoulder in your grasp
Back then thought it would always last
I thought I felt you touch my arm
I thought I heard you whisper me
Just like you did with subdued glee
Back then our secrets always kept
Know you have gone; the memories left
I thought I heard you whisper me
© Gumbud 2021
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You’re very good at this Gumbud… 
It doesn’t rhyme in places and interrupts the flow Gummy…
Although I liked the other one…
The Fatal Day Berfore
The day before we didn’t know that each of us existed
Life has a habit of surprising, worlds get twisted
We could have looked the other way, walked right on not passed the day
But we were not to know the price that each of us would pay
Our faltering steps were hesitant, our talk was shy but knowing
We joked and smiled and liked the looks that each of us were showing
And so we circled 'round the need that in our hearts embedded
Just waiting for the moment of commitment “there I’ve said it”
It was like a secret door into a magic garden
Once crossed through forever changed the devil had got his bargain
But we had no time to look back out in to a drab, cold presence
We’d bathed ourselves in loves fresh glow, we felt its every essence
We talked about our lives, our needs, our defects carefully hidden
Those early days were not about bearing all we’d ridden
Each encounter was well prepared, rose coloured form the start
We had to pack in so much love, avoid the poisoned darts
We lived on double planes those days, each longing for the other
Living humdrum cocooned lives, then crystalised as lovers
We stole the hours from others lives not realizing we be indebted
And one day accounts would be called, scrutinized and vetted
Some say that love is simple and sublime
Take care of all our needs, but isn’t it also blind?
We couldn’t see the pain and hurt it can inflict on others
And so we finally made the greatest sacrifice of all
we squared our debts and said goodbye, the pain cut to the core
They say that no greater love has man than to die for other
I think we understand this now, goodbye my dew-eyed lover!
© Gumbud 2021
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what happened to love on the internet??