Geoffrey Brewer Poet Terza Rima

Perpetuum Mobile

PERPETUUM MOBILE

I must go down to the pigging shops again
To Morrison, Tesco, Aldi or maybe Lidl
For I Just went there for the sodding milk in vain

How could I forget! it really is a riddle
To me, though to my wife it’s clear as day
It’s because my age is already well past middle

And the senior moments frequently make play
When I get there, wonder why, and so head back
Starting endless cycle - perpetuum mobile 

Could it be I’ve found an answer to energy lack?
Send old geezers to the shops - instructions to buy
Tie to National Grid their unending there-and-back

We could call it ‘renewable’, answering Greeny cry
With old codgers in perennial supply.


22 April 2019

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Jan Allison May 3, 2019 at 6:47 PM its not just gold geezers its old gals who do this too lol:-) hugs jan xx Geoffrey Brewer May 6, 2019 at 8:20 AM Thanks for this and all of your kind comments, Jan.

Michelle Faulkner May 3, 2019 at 1:56 PM 'Old codgers in perennial supply' - what a superb line! Congratulations on your placement in Nina's contest!

Michelle Faulkner May 3, 2019 at 1:55 PM 'Old codgers in perennial supply' - what a superb line! Congratulations on your placement in Nina's contest! Geoffrey Brewer May 6, 2019 at 8:09 AM Many thanks, Michelle.

P.S. Awtry April 24, 2019 at 7:16 AM Oh my this is funny...and who knows maybe you are on to something! Geoffrey Brewer May 6, 2019 at 8:09 AM Or on something. Thanks for your response, P.S.

Andrea Dietrich April 22, 2019 at 5:27 PM this is fantastically quirky, Geoffrey. I think the sponsor will love it! Geoffrey Brewer April 23, 2019 at 9:54 AM Thanks for the encouragement, Andrea