{"id":860,"date":"2010-10-24T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=860"},"modified":"2010-10-24T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-24T13:00:00","slug":"ben-macnair-issues-a-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/ben-macnair-issues-a-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Macnair issues a warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Warning<\/span>
 <\/span>

If you are of a nervous disposition, look away now.<\/span>
This Poem contains Mild Peril.<\/span>
This Poem contains scenes of a sexual nature.<\/span>
This Poem contains strong language.<\/span>
This Poem contains bad acting.<\/span>
This Poem is the great screw you,<\/span>
It is every missed conversation,<\/span>
Every mixed emotion.<\/span>
This Poem was injured in an accident that was not its fault.<\/span>
This Poem takes of its clothes,<\/span>
And then wonders why it is not taken seriously as an actress.<\/span>
This Poem has an exclusion zone.<\/span>
This Poem has an equal opportunities policy.<\/span>
This Poem may contain nuts.<\/span>
This Poem is not suitable for Vegans.<\/span>
This Poem has taken a moment of your life.<\/span>
This Poem has a no refund policy.<\/span>
This Poem is not sorry for that.<\/span>
This Poem has left the building.<\/span>



<\/font>* Ben Macnair<\/span> was born in 1976 in Nottingham, and now resides in Staffordshire. He has been writing creatively on and off for the last four or five years. His poetry has appeared in Purple Patch, Raw Edge<\/span> and various other print publications and websites. His short stories have appeared in Twisted Tongue<\/span>, and in two Forward Press anthologies, whilst journalism and reviews have appeared in Blues in Britain Magazine, Verbal Magazine<\/span>, and various magazines and newspapers, including The Independent<\/span>. Two of his plays have been performed in London.
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