Overkill

MELLOW YELLOW MONDAY

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OVERKILL

'Prepare for the Unexpected'!

That's certainly good advice,

For when things take us by surprise

We often pay the price.

But hey! How can we prepare for it

If we don't know what to expect?

Expect the unexpected?

Surely that's not correct!

But I'm an obedient little soul,

I'll try to be prepared.

I'll be ready for anything

And then I wont be scared.

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So I'll go out this-afternoon

With a crash-helmet on my head.

After all, a tree might fall

And crush me till I'm dead.

On the other hand there might be a storm,

Which is followed by a flood;

I'd better wear my gum-boots

To wade through all that mud.

If I'm trapped inside a lift

I'll be lonely all alone,

So I'll take my portable radio,

My books and my mobile phone.

I'll also need to take some food,

In case there is a famine.

'Goodness!' I'll be shouting out

'What a state I am in!'

I'll wear my knee-pads on my knees

In case I have a fall,

And I'd better take a little stool,

Because I'm not too tall;

I might need to reach a packet 

That's on a topmost shelf;

I can't rely on a passer-by;

I need to help myself.

Then there's a change of underwear!

I'll need that, there's a thought.

I may be in some deserted place

And find that I'm caught short!

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And, after these preparations,

And all this stress and fuss,

I'll probably walk out the door

And go straight underneath a bus!

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Simple Alphabet

JAM

I once knew a strange man called Sam,

Who had an addiction to jam.

He would not be denied!

He took jam for a ride

And he smeared it all over the tram!

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