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You know those neighbours,
You want them out?
Well send them a box of hatesprouts.

Old Colonel McMuffin,
He fought in the war,
He drones and he jabbers,
He's just such a bore.
Well pump up his piles,
And double his gout,
And send him a box of hatesprouts.

And lah-de-dah Angela,
School friend from Hell,
She's oh-so-successful,
She's doing so well.
Afflict her with hoodies
And Lager Louts,
And send her a posse of hatesprouts.

Those slippery colleagues,
With talkative tongues,
And slip-sloping shoulders
Climbing the rungs...
Well just turn the tables,
Yes turn them about,
With Personal Development hatesprouts.

And then, there's those Forums,
The Internet Space,
Those know-it-all people,
Who don't know their place.
Well show them who's gaffer
And give 'em a clout,
Just cook them a message of hatesprouts.

Hatesprouts in their coffee,
Hate sprouts in their shoes,
It hides down their toilet
And bites their yoo-hoos.
Much better than snowballs,
Of that there's no doubt
A frolicsome game of hatesprouts.

Andy Morley 8th December 2006

The vegetable from Hell... we either love it or hate it, but whether it's extreme, or as here, banal, even the dark side has its dark side. There are dimensions to sprouts that most of you have never even dreamed of...

Play the game...

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Thanks to Mark Burvill for permission to use his artwork : "I think the world needs more poems about sprouts."