"Miss Twye was soaping her breasts in the bath When she heard behind her a meaning laugh And to her amazement she discovered A wicked man in the bathroom cupboard."
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"Miss Twye", line 1, from Poems and Songs (1939)
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Gavin Ewart
Gavin Buchanan Ewart (4 February 1916 – 25 October 1995) was a prolific British poet known for his witty and sometimes unsettling treatments of unlikely subjects.
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