Cowardy Lions

COWARDLY LIONS

Who knows the very private thoughts

Behind each different mask?

Questions about a person's mind

We simply do not ask.

That burly tattooed macho man

Seen strolling down the street,

May be a pussy-cat at heart

And really rather sweet.

That prim and proper lady

With the pursed and sneering lips

May be longing to go crazy

And sway seductive hips!

That tarty little creature

Showing everything she's got,

May be overcoming shyness

And has simply lost the plot!

That woman at the Church Bazaar

Who seems so very kind,

May be thinking most un-Christian thoughts

In the cavern of her mind.

We're all a bit like the Lion,

Maybe, like him, surface-bold,

But, underneath, a Coward,

Whose story is untold.

I'm posing as a poet,

But I'm off to make the bed!

Me posing as a poet!

I'm a household drudge instead!

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LITTLE NIPPERS

In Australia, in the Summer,

'All the world's a beach' they say.

Here are Little Nippers for you,

'Surfing' in a special way.

In the future we may find them

Saving lives, but, just for now,

They are having fun together.

Little Nippers!

Take a bow!

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