Sceptical reader
Don't believe all that is written
Some of it's always wrong
The worst baddie is good when you're smitten
Everyone changes the words of a song
Nobody knows words and authors of quotes
They change punchlines of jokes and anecdotes
Nobody can remember names
And everone thinks somone else is to blame
Even the best singer sometimes mimes
The smartest people mistake dates and times
Some meetings do not last as long
But others go on. and on, and on
To sum up, I can't remember
Most of the things I and you know
Events from the past never last
Even those from five minutes ago.
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I wrote this when I wanted to give the dates of next year's annual Writers' Summer School at the Hayes Conference Centre. This year's programme had handily ggiven the dates of next year's conference snd the one after that which had been booked. Abd deposits paid, this year,s chairman told us. Then he said that the date of next year's conference was wrong!
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