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Tyneside Profanity

Have you ever heard a Geordie say 'Why yer bugga'
      There is no other can say it like him
Sometimes with love and affection
      Or maybe with rage and fighting
Then again
      With amazement or surprise
The profanity spills out
      Emotions to disguise

It was the summer sales where it started
      The changing rooms set the scene
Ladies pushing, panting and struggling
      To fit a pound where only half should have been
And so
      Amongst it all
She stripped and hooked her dress
      With undies on the wall

Yes, the item to try was a costume
      Very scant for the beach of course
The weather being so very warm
      The least covered if you had the sauce
It looked to fit
      Just like a dream
Quickly rechanged
      And emerged all abeam

Forget the expense, it made her feel good
      Must pay the bill then hurry to bus
A little more exercise with a little less food
      Would tone up the body and improve the looks
Strange - a feeling
      Of lightness of loin
'Ye Gods'. In such haste
      Had left with no pants on

Fate is a strange deceitful thing
      Destroys even the best of lies
Dropped her purse and bending to pick it up
      Whoosh! A gusty breeze saw all of the thighs
Poor Geordie gawped
      As he stood right beside her
Exclaimed loud with no thought
      Oops eee...., why yer bugga

Terry Cummins . . .Brighton

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