Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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The Pictish Rebel. It was 16 November (2025). Not even 25 January, (The traditional birthday party for Burns), When the Ode to the Haggis is recited, And that wondrous concoction Is 'captured' and consumed. But this November day, I had a longing And a rapacious appetite for that offal stuff; Opening the stored can nearby, I spooned out half, gently drowning it with Scotch, Heated it carefully to be a bubbly warm And imbibed it with its memorable taste, Accompanied with sweet, but untraditional cranberry sauce. Then, once again at dusk, I repeated that wonderful, naughty orgy. My Pictish carving days flowed through my mind. Bannockburn, with the wallowing Mud-drenched oppressors on the bridge, Along with the several Burns Nights I have attended, Celebrating that great poet and daring rebel, Robert Burns. Frank Maurer 17 November 2025 0355 Hours.