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Welcome

Welcome to 'A Frample', a confused tangle of columns, prose poems and lyrics. It's not so much a blog as an online folder, lying somewhere between a drawer and the bin.


Heads, eyes and hands



Come you
Round heads and crowned heads
Thick heads and quick heads
Come you
Hard heads and soft heads
Brave heads and shaved heads
Wise heads and empty heads

See those
Honest eyes and lying eyes
Dry eyes and crying eyes
See those
Open eyes and closed eyes
Blinking and winking eyes
Wide eyes and blind eyes

Hold those
Dirty hands and greasy hands
Open hands and tight hands
Hold those
Praying hands and shaking hands
Hidden hands and forbidden hands
Giving hands and taking hands

Heads, hands and eyes
Hearts of truth and lies
Ears that hear the cries
But let them wail
Let them wail
Damnation or salvation
Choose your prize

With credit to John Jack (1796-1859)
November 7, 2025

Picture: Gerd Altmann (Pixabay)

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