Abstinence

THREE WORD THURSDAY
http://www.threewordwednesday.com/2010/08/3ww-cciii.html

'abstain, prayer, halo'.

ABSTINENCE!

I'll abstain from prayer for a while.

This halo is not my style!

I prayed for one

(Something rarely done

By the human rank and file)!

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It arrived at once in the post

But, before I could even boast,

I found my prize

Wasn't quite my size

So I wrote to the Holy Ghost.....

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And I said 'The halo you sent

Has filled me with discontent;

It slips over my ears!

How odd it appears!

It's not quite the type I meant!'

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I knew that I couldn't win,

So I chucked the whole thing in.

I stopped being good

(Well, you knew that I would)

And went back to a life of sin!

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PICKING LEMONS

I saw her coming up the hill,

Mature but still attractive.

Not young, not old, just in between,

Healthy, strong and active.

I guessed she wanted work round here

And I'd plenty on the farm.

Taking on another hand

Wouldn't do me any harm.

But first I asked some questions.

Had she picked lemons before?

I knew that it was hard work

And her hands might get quite sore.

She answered 'I'm not very good

With oranges or limes,

But I'm great at picking lemons!

I've been divorced three times!

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