All in a day's work Polly!  That carried into a nightly slumber.

All in a day's work Polly! That carried into a nightly slumber.

A Poem by andrew mitchell

There was no point
laying the table,
the dish ran away
with the spoon.

As was drawing the curtains....
the moon entangled
in Saturn's Rings.

While work was still....
sing a song a sixpence,
the daily paper read;
all doom and gloom.

On the headlines-The Death Star:
"What is solar power without the Sun?"
 Remained a burning question!

I took a drive to Toad Hall
which turned out to be....
just wind in the willows,

and while Polly put
the kettle on,
Harry Potter wasn't there,
I enjoyed the cup of tea.

I never did bump
into the big bad wolf,
but Old King Cole
had a merry old soul.

Meanwhile, going back,
pat a cake, pat a cake
was not on my menu,
but, I  did see Peter Piper picked
a peck of pickled pepper.

But when the thought occurred to me,
"Oh Dear! What can the matter be?
My mind revolving on 
ring-a-ring-a-roses,

Carols of Candlelight
seemed the only thing
remaining, left to do.

In haste being scared,
the whole idea became too daunting,
I took refuge in my sleep.

 Maybe, another night, another dream,
 from another day's plunder!

© 2017 andrew mitchell


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andrew mitchell
andrew mitchell

adelaide, Australia



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