ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN # 10

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Contrary to the rumour did not peg it

After they stole the theatre takings

They were recognised and had to leg it

PROVERBIAL PROVERBS # 2

 

The old saying goes that “A volunteer

Is worth Ten pressed men”

Well volunteers are all well and good

But a pressed man are really good

At getting through narrow gaps

BEYOND QUANTIFYABLE MEASURE

 

When someone you love

Beyond quantifiable measure

Becomes a memory,

That memory becomes a treasure

CWTCH

 

There is a general misunderstanding

That a cuddle is the same everywhere

Well allow me to clear up the muddle

Anyone can indeed hug, that’s true

But only the Welsh can cwtch, and

They’re so much better than a cuddle

A FAMILIAR TIMEPIECE

 

There is a welcoming comfort

To be felt upon entering the house

And being instantly greeted

By the reassuring sound

Of a familiar timepiece

I always feel instantly at peace

Because a ticking clock

Is the heartbeat of the home

SCHADENFREUDE

 

Schadenfreude is the great pleasure derived

By someone, from another person's misfortune

It’s ironic that the Germans have a word to express

My pleasure at them being knocked out so soon

NICKNAMED SNOW PLOUGH

 

When my brother was a young man

He had a well-earned nickname

They called him the “snow plough”

Because of his appetite for cocaine