Pass the Asylum

With a wheelbarrow full of manure 
For my strawberry patch,
Pushing past an asylum
I heard the gate latch,
An inmate emerged and said
What you got there?
I said it's to put on my strawberries 
So they're not so bare.
He said, gee whizz mate,
You should come inside,
When they serve our strawberries
They put cream on the side.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Nunez Avatar
May 22, 2015 at 7:39 AM
hahaha! ugh! Maybe years of incarceration had an effect on the guy's perception?
Williams Avatar
May 22, 2015 at 8:06 AM
Hi Kim, Glad it gave you a laugh---i enjoyed writing this one.....kind regards--John
Lawless Avatar
May 21, 2015 at 7:57 AM
..so what are you getting at....."he may have been crazy, but not stupid." Thanks for the laugh....
Williams Avatar
May 21, 2015 at 7:22 PM
Exactly John--he new a good combination when he saw one. Thanks John-----John
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