EP.174 - ALEX HORNE
THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST
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The Naked Mind of Buddy Hackett
Buddy Hackett was a comedian and yet the poems in this book are mainly serious. The idea that they get passed on or bought for £37.50 is grain. I'd love to hear one, Adam. Here's a random one: Toys, a lump of coal, a string and a nail were hiding under an old icebox. He tried to let enough days pass by so that he could forget about them. Then rediscovery could excite him as discovery had once on the warm kitchen floor when snow was on the street. Yeah. What we're waiting with that. Because you see, it's a little poetic vignette. It's not actually a poem that one
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