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Spray of Hope

Author: Steven Urquhart Bell
Year: Hope

I started playing moothie for my asthma.

It’s all to do with changing how you breathe.

I practise for an hour every evening.

I hope it doesn’t make the neighbours seethe.

I’m listening to loads of blues and jug band.

I think I’m getting better by degrees.

I want to join a band when I retire.

I hope it proves a jolly spiffing wheeze.

Note: the moothie or mouth organ is also known as the gob iron, hence the title