Dusty Cobweb Builders

DUSTY COBWEB BUILDERS Who ever sees or even knows any cobs? The cobs who live in my house must be small Not big or clumsy to live in such delicate Webs up in the corners of my ceiling and wall. Even if I destroy their cob webs They will be rebuilt in the same style exactly: So these guys are industrious and persistent. Like the morlocks*, only their handiwork I see. But why are they always so dirty? Never dust or clean their house each day? Even the new cobwebs are dusty. They must just make ‘em that way. And where are the cobs whenever I visit their webs? Possibly the cob-man just couldn’t stand The dirt any more so he’s gone out Down to the cob-pub for his favorite brand. The cob-kids are sleeping over at friends With their playstations (it’s a must) Showing virtual cobs, building virtual webs, With, of course, virtual dust. Meanwhile the cob-wife is fed-up With the constant dirt everywhere and Wants a new vacuum cleaner. She’s in the cob-café with her girlfriend. But maybe these guys are really cob-realtors Who’ll build webs, quick and cheap, and will Simply lease ‘em to other cobs, ready-furnished: With all the dust you can handle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NOTES *Morlocks are creatures in H G Wells’s THE TIME MACHINE The rhyme scheme is that in each verse the second and fourth lines rhyme . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theme is “ cobwebs and dust” -- written 11th March 2012 Entered in Francine Roberts’s Contest Cobwebs and Dust