Snagged
They shouldn’t use barbed wire in a nudist colony
If they do it shouldn’t be much higher than your knee
At Christmas time in England, no-one expects nudity
Well I was nude and I did not expect a buzzy bee
I tried to leap the barbed wire fence to stop it stinging me
So now I’ve got some nice new baubles for my Christmas tree
My voice went up an octave and became a virtual screech
I dashed to bathe my injury down at the nudist beach
On the way I bumped into my camp-mates, Fran and Dennis
They saw my mutilation and said, ‘We’re so sorry ‘Tennis’
And then they said, in future ‘Tennis’, keep away from bees
I asked them why they called me ‘Tennis’, they said... New balls please!
Copyright © Terry Flood | Year Posted 2020
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