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Poems

To a Turkish president

21 May 2016

9:00 AM

21 May 2016

9:00 AM

There was a young fellow from Ankara
Who was a terrific wankera
Till he sowed his wild oats
With the help of a goat
But he didn’t even stop to thankera.




 

*Extempore limerick in conversation with Nicholas Farrell and Urs Gehriger for the Swiss newspaper Die Weltwoche.

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