Judgement!

THREE WORD WEDNESDAY

This week's words

'safety. judge. nightfall.'

JUDGEMENT!

'But Judge!' I said, 'I'm innocent!

It was nightfall and I couldn't see

Because of the overhanging branches

Of that damned sycamore tree!

I took all safety precautions! 

I haven't committed a sin!'

Said the Judge 'But on the seat beside you

There was an empty bottle of gin!'

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SHADOW SHAPES

The shape of a shell

I know very well

And I know the shape of a shark.

The shape of a shoe

Is easy to do;

I could draw one in the dark.

The shape of a shed

I have in my head

And I know the shape of a shawl.

But don't ask me the shape of a shadow!

It's just any shape at all!

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A shadow can be

The shape of a tree;

It can be the shape of a sheet.

The shape of a shirt

The shape of a skirt

Or the shop that we pass in the street.

And shadows are found

That are square, that are round,

That are pale, that are dark, that are tall!

So don't ask me the shape of a shadow!

It's just any shape at all!

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A shadow is thin,

As thin as a pin,

Or it's fat like a big woolly sheep!

A shadow  may shake

When it falls on a lake,

Or shade us when are asleep. 

A shadow can lie

On a ship passing by

Or go climbing all over a wall.

But don't ask me the shape of a shadow!

It's just any shape at all!

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