Best Mothballs Poems
Mothballs and LavendarMothballs and Lavender
There’s a rug on the hearth and a fire in the grate
and Grandma and Grandad sit with me to wait
while the black-leaded oven is cooking our tea
of ‘tatty-ash’ stew made especially for me.
We’re red hot on our fronts, but cold on our backs,
with...
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Categories:
mothballs, childhood, nostalgiame, fire, fire,
Form:
Rhyme
Oh, MothballsOh, meaty mothballs!
as opposed to mothy meatballs
Alternatively - slobbering sloth-balls!
instead of sloppy moth-calls
Stupid refrigerator!
as opposed to dumb incinerator
Alternatively - dirty toenail taster!
instead of...
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Categories:
mothballs, new year, spoken word,
Form:
Rhyme