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Poem: Roger McGough
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Poem: Roger McGough

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Simon Sweetman
Feb 11, 2020
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Poem: Roger McGough
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Roger McGough has done enough, but I’d still buy his brand new stuff.

He got in my head when I was young. I must have left the door open, given him room to move.

(I’m glad I did).

He has his own key now, the rent’s all paid. He made his bed by telling truths. And now he gets to lie in it.

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