Ventriloquist
Ted could throw his weight around and that wasn't all
but also his voice enabling him to have a ball
no one suspected it was Ted who was a ventriloquist
as his lips wouldn't move while doing his voice trick
At the movies, at work or even in church
folks would hear Elmer Fudd and their eyes would all search
looking at each other thinking where did that come from
while Ted would sit there with a grin having a lot of fun
One day his Auntie passed away and he remembered her voice
attending the wake he thought I have no choice
so while friends and relatives knelt in front of the casket
he would impersonate his Auntie's voice which was prankster classic
Now folks thought his deceased Auntie was trying to contact them
as Ted's high voice cried out, "hey nephews Tom, Bill and Len
you all better be real good to my other nephew Ted
and cater to his needs and keep him very well fed
Cause if you don't I will come back and haunt you
sneaking up unexpectedly saying boo!"
When Tom, Bill and Len heard this they got the shakes
thinking it was their Auntie's voice unaware it was fake
So for a couple of weeks Tom, Bill and Len catered to Ted
taking him out to buffets making sure he was properly fed
till one fateful day Ted's cousins found out exactly what he was doing
as his ventriloquist prank failed because his lips were moving.
6-21-18
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