Where do the years go, Roger McGough. What do you think?

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I thought I'd posted this!.!.!.!.but, obviously, not!. Took the opportunity to tidy it up a bit more!.!.!.hopefully for the better!.

The first line was in my head as I awoke this morning!.!.!.!.the rest is me trying to make sense of my thoughts!.

Where do the years go Roger McGough!?
Yesterday
Liverpool built a scaffold
Straight up to the sky
That's how to do it!
Watch me - I can fly!.
Flower-power devotee
In my Mary Quant jeans
Drink-fuelled,
smoke-filled
ash-tray spilled parties
H-bomb anxieties!.

Mum in the blue corner
Dad in the red
'Your sister's pregnant!.
Fetch the shotgun' they said!.
Tony took the Queen's shilling
Paul ran away from home
At last I've got top billing
But want freedom instead!.
Here I am - mixed up
Angst-ridden and depressed
I've got a pimple!.
Wish I was dead!.
The present is unbearable
and the future is bleak!.
How can I bear this
week after week!.
Have I told you this!?
To be dead would be bliss!.

Thank God, that's over
It's now, and I am free
But
I feel like a Moth!.
Life is so fleeting
not long enough!.
There is no
'In the future, I'll!.!.!.!.'
Can't put things off
Just where did the years go!.
Roger McGough!?

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Sometimes I find myself humming the tune to Lily The Pink without realising!.

Your poem hit so many chords it's a kaleidoscope of Flares, Mini-skirts, Top of The Pops, The Beatles, flower Power, afghan coats, weed, Mary Quant ads on billboards, Radio Caroline, Gilbert O' Sullivan, The Seekers, Miss World, The Frost Report, Vietnam protests!.!.!.It goes on and on and the years meld!.

You really pinged my memory banks!

I still listen to Roger on cd along with Jake Thackeray (remember him on Esther Rantzen's show!? The one she nicked from Bernard Braden!?)
and occasionally come across the odd Richard Stilgoe number!.

A very English memory trip!. Thank you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I wonder if TD affixing my name to imaginary notes supposed to be from me qualifies as impersonation!? I shall look into it!. Meanwhile, he should look into his fixation with me!. Incidentally, the flip-side of Lily the Pink is a belter!. (Buttons of your Mind!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Dear Ma'am,

We've tried to review your poem!. However, the crisp movement and ingenious imagery made it impossible for us to pizz on it!. Please, let us go back to sleep now!. The Thorazine has done its job!.

Thanks,
Iano Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's a song! and that's a compliment!.!.!.!.

It reminds me of that poetic, musical, spiritual, city!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Some performance poetry!? This definitely has to be read out loud!. "I've got a pimple!.!.!.wish I was dead!." priceless in timing!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Your thoughts coalesce at the speed of light making a Universe of thoughts into poetry!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

This poem flows quickly from youth to maturity, just like real time!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Shades of Pam Ayres here!. Lubbly Jubbly!
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