HOW DO YOU WANT IT CUT?

 

Bimbette ordered herself

A small pizza to go

“How do you want it cut”?

The guy asked, then

“Do you want it cut?

Into ten slices or eight”

“Oh, just eight

 I’m not hungry enough for ten”

21st CENTURY NURSERY RHYMES # 129

 

Ring-a-Ring o'Rosies

Something to wipe noses

"A-tishue? A-tishue?"

Or if not a hankie

ARE YOU WEARING SOMETHING NAUGHTY?

 

Are you wearing something naughty?

I’m thinking it’s naughty but very nice

Beneath your beautiful wedding dress

Something to give the night a little spice

White of course to remain in keeping

A touch of the virginal with a hint of vice

IT HAPPENS AGAIN AND AGAIN # 1

 

It happens again and again

A simple smile and I dare to dream

That this might be the one

But alas no it’s a familiar theme

A LONG AGO WORLD

 

A long-ago world

In Days of innocence

And a wondrous summer

We stood on the cusp

Of loves first awakening

 

When feeling awkward and gawky

We took our first faltering steps

In the realm of love

Wearing swim shorts

And self-conscious blushes

 

It was a guiltless time

When holding hands

Was a physical pleasure

And stolen kisses

Seemed to last forever

 

If I had the presence of mind

I would have bottled that summer

And when I felt

Tarnished by the world

I would take a long sip

And be refreshed

LIKENED TO MY DAD

 

All my life, I’ve been

Likened to my Dad

A chip off the old block

Birds of a feather

Two sides of the same coin

And just the other day

I was asked

How are you different to your Dad?

I replied that I hoped

In as fewer ways as possible

DAYS OUT ON THE WATER

 

Days out on the water

Windswept with rime

Watery sunshine above a

Putty coloured sea

As I sailed the estuary

With dad at the helm