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Commute parts the morning in twain,
ReplyDeleteMaybe Man should listen to Huckleberry on the train
Then he would be a Finnish man
DeleteAs soon as his commute began.
What a witty pun
ReplyDeleteHave a New Cross bun!
If this you want to really test,
ReplyDeleteRide on with fate to fair Penge West.
Ah, but to battle destiny,
Continue on to Anerley.
Only bloodshed can avenge
DeleteThe western residents of Penge.
I understand they god quite mental
Dwelling in Penge Occidental.
But what occurs in Anerley
Shall always be a mystery.
But for something truly unctious
ReplyDeleteone more stop to Norwood Junction.