Pan’s Pip was fluttering close to the rose.
We saw her tiptoe on it, then twirling her toes.
She’s a ballerina said the hedgehog, totally smitten.
“I don’t agree,” said the brownie crawling out of a mitten.
Where did that come from? Asked a light damselfly.
Not sure, the brownie said, but it will make you cry.
There are dreams in there that will keep you up all night.
With your eyes all googly, full of terrified fright.
I wish you would find a new place to sleep, his cousin said.
That mitten has dreams that have messed up your head.
Pan’s Pip heard and came by to give an adjustment to the bed.
Great dreams came now, fed into the mitten’s yard head.
If you want to give people the slip
In England, years ago, you'd say,
I'm off. Toodle Pip,
If you are with a mate
With whom you are in tune
Toodle OO old chum
I'll be seeing you soon
Ta Ta, for now
Or TTFN
I'll probably see you again,
I don't know why I wrote this verse
It made me feel quite sad and terse
The French say the romantic au revoir
It rolls off the tongue
It's the best Ta Ta I've heard so far.
Received a major degree in silliosity last week
Well deserved, reside in fantasyland just up the creek
Robin Poop, the main character
Turned out a disaster
Married a young maiden though his pip had a squeak
pip-squeak in the air
rams a fleeing big black crow
— torpedoed and stunned
5/22/2018
Received a major degree in silliosity last week
Well deserved, reside in fantasyland just up the creek
Robin Poop, the main character
Turned out a disaster
Married a young maiden though his pip was a squeak
(Disability Payments)
Stinkin'
Duncan
20th March 2016
(weekend after the 2016 budget)
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