Poetry by Rhys Hughes
ACRONYMS OF AFFECTION AND OPPOSITION
(i)
Significant
Other
Unique
Lover
Makes
A cup of
Tea
Every morning.
(ii)
Boundless
Energy for playing
Scrabble and
Travelling to the beach
For fabulous frolics
Relentless
In the
Endless
Nocturnal
Delightful surf
(iii)
Anachronistic
Ruffian
Chews
His grudges
Eternally
Never
Expecting to
Make friends again with
You (but they do)
NO ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE
There’s no accounting for taste
and in my haste
to attempt to complete
a sweet and savoury tax return
I made a mistake
and ruined my chances of a rebate.
In future I will employ
a taste accountant
who will check the receipts
of everything I eat
in any gastronomic year.
Rhys Hughes has lived in many countries. He graduated as an engineer but currently works as a tutor of mathematics. Since his first book was published in 1995 he has had fifty other books published and his work has been translated into ten languages.
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