72 Miles From The Sea

Monday, 8 March 2021

So, I try to imagine a world

Without a hypothetical situation

Anna Conda missed her best friends

And was sad and very lonely

They were at the exclusive snake club

Which was Mamba’s only

I have many questions

That are not my bailiwick

Why isn’t there a shorter

Word for monosyllabic?

There is knowledge I need to know

Which will keep me in the quiz

For example, why on earth doesn't

Onomatopoeia sound like what it is

Phil Lynott lost his favourite fish

And searched for it wide and far oh

When he found it he took it home,

Now he keeps his fishy in a-jar-o

Throughout the worst of the pandemic

I had to work from home in my flat

But I had technical issues occasionally

When my keyboard was claimed by the cat

What do they call French kissing?

In France that’s the bit I’m missing

Do the French just call it kissing?