FOR EMILY
A parcel all tied up with bows
A page of unreadable prose
In credit by one with six 0's
A beautiful bad-smelling rose
Some vintage-year wine made from sloes
The chocolate that nobody chose
A forest of dewey-eyed does
A murder of murderous crows
A Film Star that everyone knows
A kitten that never quite grows
A model without any clothes
A nude in an "artistic" pose
A robot who tells me his woes
A Pobble without any toes
A giant with a voice that he throws
A leprechaun having a doze
A key to unbreakable codes
A world of pollution-free roads
A shower of cellophane toads
A fuse that ignites, then explodes
Some useless, but colourful stones
A boxful of spine-chilling groans
The number for God's telephones
A xylophone made of REAL bones!
Contortionists flexing in rows
With figures like Marilyn Monroe's *
A Model T Ford that still goes
With an old caravan that it tows
Some ears I can open and close
And a tail that occasionally glows
A lost incantation that shows
A secret that nobody knows
A snow plough (for use when it snows)
A warm Western wind (when it blows)
A hot cup of tea ('coz I'm froze!)
Erm... Another word ending with -ose!
The hot bath that ne'er overflows
A sign of the times, I suppose...
I'd rather have anything named in this list
Than a wart ... ... ... !!!
© Elwood Herring 04/09/96
* Women can substitute "Sebastian Coe's"
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