P: "Why are girls with beautiful voices so alluring?"
Q: "Diaphragm?..."
P: "How do boys sing well without using their diaphragm?"
Q: "Tonsillitis?..."
Categories:
tonsillitis, for her, for him,
Form: Prose
Gold ring procured from Navy exchange
Merry-go-round petals etched in black
Two lives in rearrange
Gifted a wedding plaque
~
I was expecting; he had tonsillitis
I carried child; he had an ‘ectomy
A throaty bangup to wedded bliss
Eureka earthquake; baby makes three.
~
Life was swell; ding-dong dandy pell-mell
Engaging in everyday realities
Smile-burps, cow-eyes, infantile dinner bell
Bottomless dirty diapers, scrubbing onesies
~
Who would stay awake and watch the kid?
I did it everytime…. “tag you’re it!”
No one can count sheep like a squid
Apparently, I’m in charge of this outfit
10/4/2021
Categories:
tonsillitis, baby, marriage,
Form: Rhyme
Zoo Drop
Terracotta robots zapping rodents.
Ongoing Zagreb building projects.
Witches, milk floats and Vauxhall cars in Bill's head.
You got Tonsillitis from licking prostitutes’ rancid toes.
Towel used for a century; six frayed threads on its length.
Novel bus design; the driver drives from upstairs.
You drink Earl Grey tea, cold.
I so damn hate slow tardy days dragging till I get my dole for a new tattoo.
Signed on Fri, a 3 day wait till pay day.
It may not be paid right.
Twits!
Nebulous screwdrivers in the sky.
Take me away from the clouds to a desert landscape.
Tattoo my earlobe you minky moo.
Categories:
tonsillitis, fantasy, funny, nonsense, silly,
Form: Verse
My infancy was plagued with several
accidents
From the pain of broken bones to the
woes of tonsillitis
My vivid childhood could have easily
been forgotten
But how can one forget the
illustrious thornbush incident
On a sunny Queensland afternoon
The Brisbane hot sun oozed
unforgiveness
As it's rays scorched my
inexperienced scalp
However, one would not predict the
horror to come
Playing aimlessly in the garden
I enthusiastically chased man's best
friend
But this frivolous chase led to my
own undoing
A patch of damp grass sent me
tumbling
The unsuspecting cactus met with
my posterior counterpart
Pain like this had never been so
evident
Thus the continuous struggle to
forget the thornbush incident
Categories:
tonsillitis, pain
Form: Free verse
They promise it is personal
No –one knows your weight
You step trembling on the scales
To hear the awful fate
You’ve put a kilo on she says
With a bell on every tooth
Been a naughty girl have we
We had better take a look
You sit around her on your chair
Waiting for the truth to emerge
You clap the clever ones who lost weight
For you it will be a dirge
Now then come on admit it
What have we had naughty this week
She goes through your eating list
Me I can hardly speak
Ahh here it is she says triumphantly
You dared to eat some duck
With orange sauce I do not doubt
Geez I thought just my luck
No I said it was the bananas
In milk shake everyday
Cos I had tonsillitis
I just about could say
Just like a child at christmas
I promised to be good
Losing some kilos next week
Just better forget about food.
Categories:
tonsillitis, food, funny,
Form: Light Verse