We lost our jobs with CovidBeen pretty tough you seeAs if this wasn’t bad enoughLost both our cars to tree Don MatthewsNovember 2020
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Lucy Throws a Party for The Like-Minders Society and Birth of FCS
(This is a tidied-up LMS version of one I posted a while back. In memory of the late Richard Penniman, Little Richard) The Like-Minders Society (LMS) is a group of people who think like me. If you like different, unconventional work and enjoy all things whacky you have now become a member. Welcome. LMS visitsContinue reading “Lucy Throws a Party for The Like-Minders Society and Birth of FCS”
Learner Cooker
Just started learning cookingIn love with it I fellMy first attempt at cookingI think I went quite well Don MatthewsNovember 2020
Slide With Care
We just installed this water slideTold all to slide with careYou still get idiots who don’t…. Slight design fail ?…. Don MatthewsNovember 2020
Computer’s Gone and Died on Me
Pressed the start-up buttonJust went click click clickNothing showed up on the screenComputer sounds bit sick Bear with me while I sort things out….
Mist
I tried to catch fog yesterday Mist
Stan’s Proofreading Sideline
I’m expert at proofreadingEspecially children’s booksHere’s my latest proofreadScroll down and have a look I also know my countingCan count right up to fiveOne banana, two bananaThree banana five Slight design fail ?…. As well as being a plumber and electrician Stan dabbles in proofreading. Call Stan for your proofreading requirements. His rates are reasonableContinue reading “Stan’s Proofreading Sideline”
Phew!
Our hardest lockdown’s just been stoppedThree days before it’s dueSomeone went and told a lieThank goodness, I say phew! I now can go back to my caffAnd ponder on my coffFor inspiration here to writeIt works, please do not scoff Don MatthewsNovember 2020
Everyone is Mortal RIP Peter Tork (Monkees)
Peter Tork, born Peter Halsten Thorkelson, was keyboard and guitar player with the 60’s American band the Monkees. He died of adenoid cystic cancer on 21 February 2019, age 77 Everyone is mortalEveryone will diePeter Tork has passed awayMany said goodbye Reader you are mortalReader you will dieEven I as poetSome day I will dieContinue reading “Everyone is Mortal RIP Peter Tork (Monkees)”
Shifting Ground
We built our house rock solid-likeBut ground it went and shiftedThe problem now is door has goneDoor has gone and drifted Slight design fail ?…. Don MatthewsNovember 2020