It's a Wrap

I’m not too swift at wrapping gifts
But I make an attempt,
So therefore from critiques I think
That I should be exempt.

I purchase pretty paper
Though I rarely splurge on bows,
Yet sometimes tie a ribbon ‘round
(Where my ineptness shows).

I then attach a card or else
A gift tag to and from,
Just so the right recipient
Knows whence the gift has come.

Since I take great care when wrapping,
The results may make you scoff.
Still, the best part of a present
Is to rip that paper off!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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December 6, 2018 at 9:13 AM
You can say that again...I am terrible at wrapping , no edges meet and paper sticking up in areas, but it sure is easy to unwrap what I wrap. :) Nicely one Ilene
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December 5, 2018 at 10:51 PM
My late wife and children always bemoaned I never wrapped gifts (I never saw a point in buying wrapping paper to be shredded) and not signing greeting cards (so they can be used again) but they all survived an happy Christmas - and their mother's care in wrapping presents and signing cards! Well caught and writ again, Ilene! Aloha! Rico
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December 5, 2018 at 9:16 PM
Delightfully penned, Ilene.
Allison Avatar
December 5, 2018 at 7:28 PM
what a fun rhyme I am bad at wrapping too but the present itself is the most important part:-) hugs jan xx
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