Peter Popper's Poem-Popper

Peter Popper's Poem-Popper 
  played and popped out poems
     all the livelong day

But one not-so-pleasant day
  Peter Popper's Poem-Popper
stopped producing poetry
  What did Peter Popper plan to do

He took his broken Poem-Popper
  to the Broken Poem-Popper Fixer-Upper Man
where the principal poem-popper fixer upper
  applied a dandy poem-popper fixer upper patch

'Goody, goody,gumdrops!' cheered Peter and his friends 
  but their cheers were premature
    the Fixder-Upper didn't work
Instead of 'pop-pop-pop,' it went 'ping-a-ling'

So back went Poor Peter Popper
  to that Fixer-Upper Man
And he demanded Poetry this time!
  The owner gladly mixed in silly-putty
But all the poems came out nutty

Peter-Popper told the owner 'Put in Pets!' 
  Every kind of pet that you can get
So he did ~ but Pete's not holding his breath...
  Police told him 'bout a compound word
    ~ Owner called it 'Popper-Death'
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Date: 8/28/2021 7:51:00 PM
Peter Popper came a cropper......
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Date: 8/27/2021 11:31:00 AM
What on earth are you on, Gershon, ha, ha, ha . . . ; )
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/28/2021 7:37:00 PM
I'm kind of wondering what I'm on myself! Great question, Indiana! ~ gw
Date: 8/24/2021 6:20:00 PM
Goody goody gumdrops!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/24/2021 6:29:00 PM
On the good ship -- Lemon-Lolli-Poem-Pop
Date: 8/24/2021 9:17:00 AM
Love your "popper" story, Gershon. Such creativity! I think I need my poetry popper fixed today!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/28/2021 7:28:00 PM
I think my 'popper' needs fixing too. Looks like a new business opening for an enterprising youngster -- fixing 'Poem-Poppers.' ... Well, maybe a side gig anyway. lol. Thanks, Milt
Date: 8/23/2021 6:27:00 PM
lol this is too funny. I enjoyed your sense of humor, you didn't skip a beat with this one Gershon :)
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/24/2021 6:32:00 PM
I was trying to 'beat' the clock, Mystic! lol. Thanks a lot! ~ Gershon
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