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									Poetry - The British Airborne Forces Club Forum				            </title>
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                        <title>Windy</title>
                        <link>https://www.bafc.org.uk/community/poetry/windy-2/</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Here I sit broken hearted paid a penny and only farted]]></description>
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						                            <category domain="https://www.bafc.org.uk/community/poetry/">Poetry</category>                        <dc:creator>forever young</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Gen-Z</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 11:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[There the Gen-Z
Who&#039;s legs are like lead
And they won&#039;t get out of bed
There a generation of shirkers 
Not like the older workers 
But I blame the state
For giving them everything on a...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">There the Gen-Z</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">Who's legs are like lead</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">And they won't get out of bed</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">There a generation of shirkers </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">Not like the older workers </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">But I blame the state</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">For giving them everything on a plate</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">Because when we left school </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">We thought it was cool</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">To get a job</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">And earn a few bob</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">To pay our way</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">Not skiv every day</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">They blame us boomers all the time</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">But at least we had a spine</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">And worked for a living </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">Not just taking but giving </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">And we payed our way</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0.0pt;margin-bottom: 0.0pt"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">Not grabbed every day.</span></p>
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						                            <category domain="https://www.bafc.org.uk/community/poetry/">Poetry</category>                        <dc:creator>RAB</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Tweety pie</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2024 09:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Two little dicky birds sat upon a thistle,one pricked his little arse and made the bugger whistle!]]></description>
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