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- Custom Article Title: 'Pope Pinocchio's Angels' a new poem by Michael Farrell
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Angels are made from banksia. They are grown in Prague, are
Exported in all directions, and turn grey in air. They
Only fly in places where the ground is hard. If
You try to count them they turn into numbers. If
You try to call them they turn into names. They
Are not decorative at parties but illustrative, of Guernica, for example
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They are good at small business, editing and Sunday
Childcare
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It is not
Advisable to stand under an
Angel in the rain. If
You have the makings of
An angel in
A country shed they may
Be quite valuable. When
I fly with angels I
Always book two extra seats
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They are often still. Sex
With an angel is worth trying once
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I am an angel. I have swallowed an angel. When
I speak angels of soap bubbles float out my mouth
As if my mouth were heaven. I’m writing an
Autobiographical novel about it. I have an advance of
100 million dollars. I bought a house
In Madagascar to write it in. I have
A giant freezer of angel sperm known as ‘The Scrotum’
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Parts of ‘The Scrotum’ are
Not actually freezing, and are
Suitable for fossa or tenrec
Parties: but not both together
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Angels have no insides, which makes them unselfish
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In the bath, an
Angel can somersault without wetting the floor
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The bathwater can then
Be decanted as a
Blessing for the sick
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