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Mustn’t grumble 

Ah, we Brits are happy now
bathing in the hazy glory
of the well-tempered golden fury
of the first of October sun


Oh, back in April how you teased our wintered skin
and how eagerly we leveraged an imagined summer
of sun-stretched nookie
upon the hinted promises in the whispers of your kisses


The ever-wishful village idiots that we are

But, like a dodgy postie
you never delivered
and we were gloomy
and we were glum


And there was much seditious mumbling
amongst the subjects of your overshadowed realm


But today
please forgive us our grumbles
as we forgive those who grumble against us
and lead us not into autumn empty
of the mellow fruits of thankfulness
and deliver us from the temptation to whinge our way through to spring


For thine is the heliotropic kingdom
the solar power and the Indian summer glory
for ever and ever
may today linger
on and on


Amen.


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