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A Not Very Powerful Breakfast

By tony_dee

Mon, 13 Sep 2004
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A Not Very Powerful Breakfast

I'd like some bread and butter,
But I haven't any bread.
I'd like a cup of coffee,
But the milk's gone off its head.

I'd put butter in my coffee,
But the butter wouldn't spread.
Ever get the feeling,
You're better off in bed?

Date mostly written: 1981

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