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Priscilla Thought She’d be Smart and Show Off….

Our lovely cat Priscilla Surefooted, quick, and able Was being clever, showing off And just fell off the table (Serves her right…..) Don MatthewsAugust 2020

Some People

Some people Are wise And some Are otherwise Don MatthewsAugust 2020

Priscilla’s Milk Bowl

We bought Priscilla a new milk bowl The old one was getting a bit tatty Seems she was sill attached to the old one Don MatthewsAugust 2020

This is part 2 of Death of a Candle. The link to part 1 is below Murdered Killed in it’s prime Strangled between fingers Around it’s blackened throat A serial killer He’s done this many times before Feels nothing in the fingers (tools of trade) Doesn’t care – on automatic Candle’s life ebbs away It’sContinue reading “Death of a Candle (2)”

America Realises Problem Can’t be Solved by Normal Means

America has finally woken up to A problem, a problem it’s got Their virus corona just can’t be Got rid of by just being shot Don MatthewsAugust 2020

New Listerine for Difficult Throats

If your throat is clogged up With junk that’s hard to clean You need the latest product Chunky Listerine Don MatthewsJuly 2020

We Are a Happy Family

I write about Priscilla Poet Don, you too We are a happy family Cock a doodle doo I write about our rooster A manic one at that We are a happy family And dat my friend is dat You may think I am silly I might have lost the plot We are a happy familyContinue reading “We Are a Happy Family”

Poet Don Teaches the Class Alphabet Soup

Eat some yummy alphabet soup In your favourite bowl A’wait a symphony to start A’wait the ‘Movement Vowel’ (blank looks all round…..) (I should have picked something less subtle…..)

Very Nice Priscilla

Priscilla our cat went exploring In a glass vase, what the heck Smashed it on floor into pieces Decorated herself round her neck Don MatthewsJuly 2020

Poet Don Teaches the Class Division

Listen in my flock…. Yes Poet Don…. A real estate agent’s a person Whose children at school learn division Then return home at night to their real estate dad And learn all about subdivision I wanna learn subdivision Poet Don…. Lot’s of quick money in it Johnny… ?? Poet Don is a valuable asset toContinue reading “Poet Don Teaches the Class Division”