Contest: Lento Soup
Sponsor: Charles Messina
Date: 13th August 2026
Smile at something every day
While you work and when you play.
Employ your skills to make friends grin.
Joy costs nothing - are you in?
Why worry about what people say?
Try a little daftness along the way.
Then you'll have your jokes within
When a smile needs coaxin'.
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