Rearrangement



ABC WEDNESDAY
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REARRANGEMENT

From day to day we look the same;

No sign of age approaching,

And yet, in a nasty sneaky way,

The signs are fast encroaching.

No creams or potions, needles, knives

Can stop the steady changing,

The way in which our once-young face

Is, oddly, rearranging.

We show someone a photograph ,

Taken in years gone by

And the friend says 'Gosh! Is that really you?'

And we're left to wonder why!
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TRUANTS

(A poem for Children)

'It's Rick and Ruby, Teacher!

Look! They're late again!

I bet they've been playing truant

Down in Raspberry Lane!'

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The goody-goody children,

Were happy to declare

That, when the work had been given out,

The two had not been there!

The Teacher spoke quite sternly;

'For a punishment' she declared,

'You must say what you've done this-morning,

Your adventure must be shared.'

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Said Rick 'We saw a lizard,

Hiding underneath a stone!

And then we saw some fallen leaves

That the wind had blown.

We blew a dandelion clock,

And climbed a little tree,

And then we watched the antics

Of a furry bumble-bee.'

Then Ruby, who was younger,

Said 'I watched the clouds float by;

I lay in the long grass on my back

And looked up at the sky.

We saw the farmer ploughing

In the meadow by the stream,

We looked at little fishes

And saw their bright scales gleam.'

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Said the Teacher 'Enough of punishment!

Enough of all this talk!

Stop what you're doing, children!

We're going for a walk!'

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