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The Origin of the Letter W

Have you ever wonderedHow this letter grewInto our vocabularyAs double, double U ? No? The Roman alphabet did notHave a WTo fill this gap they used insteadTwo U’s (the double U) UU then morphed into W Don MatthewsNovember 2020

Everyone Is Mortal RIP Ritchie Valens

Ritchie Valens was a Mexican/American singer/songwriter who died in a plane crash along with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper in 1959, age 17 Everyone is mortalEveryone will dieRitchie Valens passed awayMany said goodbye Reader you are mortalReader you will dieEven I as poetSome day I will die Don MatthewsNovember 2020

Groan

Still haven’t got my ‘puterI’m in a lotta painAm getting ‘drawel symptomsI’m going mad, insane feel for you buddy Thanks mate….. Skip is getting worried‘Cilla won’t stop meowingPoet Don’s beside himselfWith all this lack of knowing Poet Don and class L to R Tommy, Dauphine, Johnny, Mazie What’s going on Poet Don? Well class, FCSContinue reading “Groan”

Which Witch?

If two witches would watch two watches Which witch would watch which watch? dunno…. Don MatthewsNovember 2020

Sitting and Waiting

I’m sitting in the libraryUsing their computerNot feeling very happyNot saying yep, you beauter I’m waiting here real patientlyFor the tech to ringComputer’s fixed Don, come collect800 dollars bring Shit!…… you’ll survive

The Like-Minders Society visits the Limerick Centre

The Like-Minders Society (LMS) is a group of people who think like me. If you like different, unconventional work and enjoy all things whacky you have now become a member. Welcome. LMS visits a number of venues in its pursuit of wisdom and mirth. This is one of them Welcome to theLMS LIMERICK CENTRE Today’sContinue reading “The Like-Minders Society visits the Limerick Centre”

L

We specialize in shopfront signs(Signwriting skills we sell)Had a hiccup with this oneForgot about the L Slight design fail?…. Don MatthewsNovember 2020

Everyone is Mortal RIP Trini Lopez

Trini Lopez was an American singer, guitarist, actor. He died on 11 August 2020 from covid-19 complications, age 8319 Everyone is mortalEveryone will dieTrini Lopez passed awayMany said goodbye Reader you are mortalReader you will dieEven I as poetSome day I will die Don MatthewsNovember 2020

We’re Doing It Real Tough

We lost our jobs with CovidBeen pretty tough you seeAs if this wasn’t bad enoughLost both our cars to tree Don MatthewsNovember 2020

Lucy Throws a Party for The Like-Minders Society and Birth of FCS

(This is a tidied-up LMS version of one I posted a while back. In memory of the late Richard Penniman, Little Richard) The Like-Minders Society (LMS) is a group of people who think like me. If you like different, unconventional work and enjoy all things whacky you have now become a member. Welcome. LMS visitsContinue reading “Lucy Throws a Party for The Like-Minders Society and Birth of FCS”