Wednesday, 31 August 2022

PUT DOWN # 51

 

Put downs work the best

For deflecting unwanted attention

But try to be amusing

As this relieves the tension

If he starts spinning you a line

Say to him if boredom persists

"The fact that no one understands you

Doesn’t mean that you're an artist."

THE WORLD HAS BECOME A SMALLER PLACE

 

The world has become a smaller place

And it will never be a big world again

But wherever you go things are the same

I wish I could uninvent the Aeroplane

SENT TO THE HEADMASTERS OFFICE

 

When I used to be sent to the headmaster’s office

I knew that the punishment would never be as bad

As having the ignominy of going and explaining my

Behaviour to my disappointed mum and dad

THE INTERNET CAN BE A CURSE AND NOT A BLESSING

 

The internet can be a curse and not a blessing

For example, the gambling sites on the net

Where eager Gamblers don’t even need

To put on a shirt in order to lose it on a bet

EIDOTHEA

 

Sea-nymph Eidothea,

Gifted with prophecy

Daughter of Proteus

The shape-shifting sea God

I WOULD LIKE TO FIND A MOUNTAIN

 

I would like to find a mountain

Where I can be alone

A place of peace and serenity

A truly tranquil zone

And I will sit and wonder why

You left me on my own

YOU MIGHT WELL BE VERY GOOD

 

You might well be very good

I have no doubt about it

But you still can’t make

Chicken salad from chicken shit