THE GUY ~ ON HIGH ~ ON FIRE ~ HIS PYRE !
AFTER the BONFIRE ~ An ashen pyre
Deepest ash where the flames leapt higher !
Spent shells of fireworks ~ lie burned out on the grass
The Glory of the Vista ~ it shall pass !
Celebration of a failed Gunpowder Plot
Gunpowder cold lies unfused in the vault !
GUY FAWKES was HUNG ~ then DRAWN ~ then QUARTER
For doing what He didnt oughter !
We celebrate this Treasoned Night each YEAR
And when GUY FAWKES ~ is oxidised ~ we CHEER !
MILLIONS of our hard earned cash ~ goes up in smoke
Most people treat it as a HYSTER~RICAL JOKE !
So it is with our LIVES ~ We brightly BURN
And then we die & smoulder ~ TO DUST RETURN ~ AMEN !
Thanks for visiting ~ please comment ~ Love BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡
This Lament is presented as 4 4 4 2 Rhyming Sonnet ~ OK
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BRIANSODES (Pseudonym) (
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Well at least we aren't drawn and quartered! Poor guy - now he gets burned every year as well!
Thanks LORNA ~ Much appreciated ~ Yes a fate worse than DEATH to be incinerated EVERY YEAR. To balance the LAMENT I have added a SONG
He is the only Honest Man
Who ever walked through those DOORS*
Cheers for Old Guy Fawkes "
* DOORS if the House of Parliament !
Please revisit & enjoy
Yours as always ~ BRIAN !
Erm, I had a slight mishap. A bloke was dressed up in Guy Fawkes costume at our party. I chucked him on the bonfire by mistake. I wondered why my Guy would not speak to me after that. I did not go to Specsavers. doh!
Good example of a lament Brian - The tale of high treason told without blame yet yearly this firing of Guy. Fawkes is the way of learning not to try the same. - - - ugh - to be hung and then drawn and then quartered is surely a fate worse than death.
THANKS FAY ~ A Lament is a good Poetic Form ~ Thought i would try one couched in a Sonnet ! Pleased you liked it ~ did you enjoy the Folk Song ? Fawkes got his comeuppance ~ But in a a painful & shameful way ! Thanks BRIAN.
Good lament Brian, it is not always Guy that goes on the bonfires nowadays, in Lewes effigies of Boris and Theresa were burnt.
THANKS UNCLE ANDY ~ In our Town for the Civic Bonfire we always have a GUY dressed up as GUIDO FAWKES Himself. To ME Boris has been a bit of pain in Aunty Theresas Neck so I applaud LEWES for burning BORIS ! However burning St THERESA is sacrilege ! She inherited a MESS from Captain David ~ who jumped SHIP ~ and has done a better JOB than any of her Cabinet (or ex-Cabinet) Colleagues could have done. In essence we voted 50 / 50 to stay OUT & IN. Theresa\'s plan would leave us Half IN & Half OUT which is what the Country Wanted ~ OK. Like Prince Andrew & Fergie who share the same House & Daughters ! The essence of the POEM was the ANTICLIMAX of NOVEMBER the SIXTH. We had pyrotechnics (as a CHEMIST I love them ~ CHEMISTRY in the Community !) Sat ~ Sun & Mon but
YESTERDAY all the BANG & WHIZZ was gone away
Oh I remember YESTERDAY !
At least after CHRISTMAS ~ MEN have Presents ~ Books they will never read ~ Ties they will never wear ~ Socks they will only be seen DEAD in ~ and MALE PERFUME straight from a Turkish Boudoir ! What happened to Action Man ~ Lego ~ Wind-up Trains and a Beano Album ~ ces\'t La Vie
YES we did celebrate BONFIRE NIGHT in Auckland ~ The kids love it ~ any excuse for a BONFIRE & FIREWORKS ~ Love ANGELA
Blessings & Love to Yourself & Joyce ~ BRIAN & ANGELA 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
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