Don't Bother!



GRANDMA'S GOULASH

http://grandmas-goulash.info/2011/07/succinctly-yours-for-july-11-at-last/

supplied the illustration

for a succint story

DON'T BOTHER!

When I lost those pretty earrings I got from Auntie Bea,

I felt sure I had lost them swimming in the sea.

Bertie dived in to find them! He really is a dear!

Now he's out on the horizon and I've found the earrings here!

I wave my arms in desperation! Let's hope he understands!

'Don't bother to go any further! The earrings are in my hands!'

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SORROWFUL WATER.

High in the Snowy Mountains Lake Jindabyne is found

And if you listen carefully you'll hear a mournful sound.

It's the sound of a village crying, I'll be bound.

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High in the Snowy Mountains Lake Jindabyne appears

Covering habitations of the former lively years

And if you taste the water, you'll taste tears.

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Sailing across Lake Jindabyne and gazing in the deep,

You seem to see the village in its everlasting sleep.

Don't fantasise too much or you may weep.

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A brand-new lake is picturesque and pleasant in design,

And on a sunny evening all the rippling waters shine

But it's a shroud for a town called Jindabyne.

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