Friday, February 4, 2011

If You Can Get It!

Merewether Beach New South Wales

WATERY WEDNESDAY

IF YOU CAN GET IT!

'Nice work if you can get it!'
Just lazing in a booth all day!
Gazing out over the ocean
In a desultory way!
No doubt drinking cups of tea
Or chatting on the phone!
Just about the cushiest job
That I have ever known!
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But wait! Is that a swimmer
In trouble?  In a rip?
Some tourist who's been venturesome
When taking his first dip?
All hell breaks loose! The sirens sound!
The calm's replaced by strife!
The Lifeguards suddenly appear
Intent on saving life!
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'Nice work if you can get it'?
Guardian Angels, in a way.
Essential on our beaches
On a sunny summer's day.
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GRADUATION 
Girls and boys come out to play!
Rules are broken for today!
All those years of gruesome studies,
Dictated by old fuddy-duddies!
Up till now I've had to learn,
Aiming for the time to earn,
Time to earn that lovely money.
I found learning far from funny!
Out into the world I go
Now to get that lovely dough!

1 comment:

Darlene said...

I'm just catching up on your clever rhymes. You have a delightful imagination and I am always amazed at how innovative you are.