21ST CENTURY NURSERY RHYMES

 

21st Century Nursery Rhymes

I really find are such a doddle

Though most people think

That they are a load of twaddle

But as I rapidly approach

The autumn of my days

It’s frankly just too late

For me to change my ways

DIVIDING OPINION

 

Because of the obvious risk

That one of us might fall

I had a stair lift fitted

Which I don’t mind at all

But my wife says that its

Driving her up the wall

RISE AND SHINE

 

In the morning

My dad used to

Throwback the curtains

And loudly say

“Wakey, wakey

Rise and shine”

Well as a teenager

“Rise” I could manage

But “shine”

Was never going to happen

THE ENDLESS PAVEMENT

 

The endless pavement

Eats away the leather

Wears away my soles

And with each step

My spirits erode

Until I am threadbare

And broken

With worn out soles

On the perpetual pavement

LIFE ETCHED IN MY FACE

 

Life etched in my face

Each line speaking for me,

Of an action or an event

But the presence of each

Is a part of the whole

That is the complete me

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU

 

“You can’t take it with you”

That’s what they say

But at the end of the day

A will is a dead giveaway

A BICYCLE COULDN'T STAND UP

 

A bicycle couldn't stand up

Alone it transpired

Because after a cycle

It was obviously two tired