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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Hawkins Avatar
August 28, 2021 at 7:51 PM
Peter Popper came a cropper......
Shaw Avatar
August 27, 2021 at 11:31 AM
What on earth are you on, Gershon, ha, ha, ha . . . ; )
Wolf Avatar
August 28, 2021 at 7:37 PM
I'm kind of wondering what I'm on myself! Great question, Indiana! ~ gw
Rodrigues Avatar
August 24, 2021 at 6:20 PM
Goody goody gumdrops!
Wolf Avatar
August 24, 2021 at 6:29 PM
On the good ship -- Lemon-Lolli-Poem-Pop
Hankins Avatar
August 24, 2021 at 9:17 AM
Love your "popper" story, Gershon. Such creativity! I think I need my poetry popper fixed today!
Wolf Avatar
August 28, 2021 at 7:28 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
Rose  Avatar
August 23, 2021 at 6:27 PM
lol this is too funny. I enjoyed your sense of humor, you didn't skip a beat with this one Gershon :)
Wolf Avatar
August 24, 2021 at 6:32 PM
I was trying to 'beat' the clock, Mystic! lol. Thanks a lot! ~ Gershon
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