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Dead side down

Limerick two ~ republished from 2024

By Raymond G TaylorPublished 3 months ago • Updated 3 months ago • 1 min read
Gravestone of Peter Labellier, buried upside down, Box Hill, Surrey: Poliphilo/Wikimedia Commons

There was a gravedigger named Brown

Who buried a man upside down.

He said it’s appalling,

The deceased’s lifetime calling

Was playing an inverted clown.

Limericksurreal poetry

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Raymond G Taylor

Author based in Margate on the English Kent coast, having moved from London. Known for his short stories and flash fiction, as well as poetry and non-fiction writing on subjects such as art, science, technology and the human condition

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    Written by Raymond G Taylor