Sunday, 9 July 2023

ARE YOU WEARING A TIN HAT?

 

Are you wearing a tin hat?

What kind of headgear is that?

Are you wearing it because, because

You’re off to see the Wizard of Oz

HUMEROUS HAIKU # 10

 

On the bottom of

The sea it twitches? because

It’s a nervous wreck

BUYING POWER

 

There are some who say

Money can’t buy everything

Of course, there are others

Who just resort to shoplifting

WHENEVER I DECIDE TO EAT HEALTHILY

 

Whenever I decide to eat healthily,

In order to fit into my knickers,

I suddenly see a chocolate bar

Which then looks at me and snickers

THIS YEAR I’M GOING TO STAY UP

 

This year I’m going to stay up

On New Year’s Eve

Not to see in 2021

But to make sure 2020 leaves

KNOWING PEOPLE AS I DO

 

Knowing people as I do

I know somewhere, someone

At this very moment

Is showering with a mask on

I WAS TIED UP IN THE DAIRY

 

I was tied up in the dairy

By a milkmaid

Just the other day

Which was where

She inflicted on me

Fifty shades of Whey