Lot's Wife Revisited

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 LOT'S WIFE REVISITED!

Do you recall the wife of Lot?

If you've read the Bible you know the plot.

How her God at last said 'Halt!'

And she became a pillar of salt?

(Excuse my blatant simplification;

Details would have caused complication!)

Well, see above the modern karma,

Revealing a similar sort of drama.

Teddy bears who're misbehaving,

Giving-in to every craving,

Are fated with an end more drastic!

All turned to pillars of coloured plastic!

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A SAD CASE

Dear kind and friendly Bloggers, please listen to my plight!

I suffer from terrible catarrh, morning noon and night!

You must have heard me snuffling and snoring all the time.

The squashing of my poor old nose is tantamount to crime.

Can you believe my ancestors were wolves, both wild and free?

That's almost unbelievable when you take a look at me!

I know my name is Churchill, to remind folk of the fact

That Winston was a 'bulldog' until Hitler's power was cracked.

But I don't look heroic, with short legs and splayed-out toes;

And then, of course, there's the little matter of my poor old squashy nose.

'The squashier the better!' the breeders always cry;

'The nose becomes more squashy; the value grows more high.'

But breathing is an effort, even more now I am old;

It's rather like a human having an ever-present cold!

Dogs are such faithful creatures! But look at this malformed face.

He isn't 'best in breed' at all; he's just a very sad case.

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