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The Queen’s Awards

For services rendered
And by Royal decree
Joseph Forsyth – the OAP.
Obstipation, aches and pains,
Paramnesia and varicose veins.

Gone the seven ages
As Shakespeare did tell,
Now Youth, Middle-age
And, “Oh, you do look well.”

A Freeman of London
For six hours a day,
On the Underground and buses
You don’t have to pay.
The Freedom of the State
Goes with the citation –
Dentures and glasses
And free medication.
Half price at the zoo,
The cinema, too,
But you still have to pay
If you go to the loo.

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