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Our Fifth Birthdays


                                                                                                   When I was five in twenty-three
                                                                                                    I’d travelled as far as Pity Me.
                                                                                                From George’s seat to Chester-le-Street
                                                                                               Then on by Westward to Ciss and Edward.

                                                                                               From Washington’s place where his parents
                                                                                                            were born
                                                                                                    Past Fatfield-on-Wear and the
                                                                                                         Lambton Worm.
                                                                                               Penshaw Monument and Finchale Abbey
                                                                                                 Sailor suit now looking a little shabby.
                                                                                               Eight miles away and an hour on the bus,
                                                                                               A ‘run out’ with parents – oh, what a fuss.
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