WHAT A WEEK

 

We went to the lakes

For a week’s holiday

It only rained twice

While we were away

Once for six days

And once for a day

CREATURES OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY – HYDRA

 

There was a dreadful union between the giant immortal Typhon

And the black fearful eyed Echidne, half serpent, half woman

The terrifying end result of this unnatural union was the hydra

A great many headed Drakon who inhabited the swamps of Lerna

It was the second labor of Heracles to kill the water Drakon

And the hero drew the great creature out to fight in the open

Then with his bronze sword he hacked off heads from the hydra

But for every head he severed two grew in place of the other

If that wasn’t bad enough the Hydra's breath was itself lethal

And even to smell its footprints was enough to kill any mortal

Very Soon the beast’s heads tangled around him like serpents

Iolaus his nephew comes to his aid and his death he prevents

As Heracles cut off its heads and to prevent new ones sprouting 

Iolaus with a flaming torch sealed the wounds by cauterizing

Finally, Heracles lopped off the last one and Hydra was dead

He buried deep below a boulder the Hydras one immortal head

DENNIS ANYONE? (TANKA)

 

Her dear husband was

The golden thread running through

His Margaret’s life

He was her rod and her staff 

The iron ladies Dennis

GO FISH

My wife told me if I go fishing

Just one more time, today

Then she's going to leave me

I'm going to miss her in a way

INDEED

 

When you do a good deed

Get a receipt in my view

In the event that Heaven

Is like the Inland Revenue

DON’T JUST SMILE

 

To smile is very good

But if you follow my tips

It's the second-best thing

You can do with your lips

SEX GAMES

Autoerotic asphyxiation

Is listed under sexual games

And are a deadly association

And not trendy children’s names