Tongue in Cheek

   

SUNDAY SCRIBBLINGS

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asks us to comment on a well-known phrase

TONGUE-IN-CHEEK

I'm saying this but meaning that.

Do you know what I'm getting at?

I'm saying 'I wonder who ate the cake?'

But know, by the gesture that I make,

That I know you know it was me!

We're having a bit of fun you see.

No-one can say I'm telling lies

This tongue of mine is putting you wise.

I'm sort of saying 'I'm innocent'

But you know how my words are meant.

It's a little joke between we two.

So, now, what are you going to do?

You'd like to chastise me, that I know,

But my little gesture is saying 'No!'

It's saying 'This boy doesn't have to speak;

He knows the trick of tongue-in cheek!'

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But did you know.....in the olden days

This gesture was used in other ways?

It was an insult way back then!

How very odd are the ways of men!

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TEMPTATION!

Eve, I feel, was not too bright;

Her powers of reasoning very slight.

Would you believe a coiling snake

That tempted you? For goodness sake!

If, on a visit to the zoo,

A cobra sort of hissed at you

'Do as I say, my little dear.

Come into my cage and have no fear.

Let me have a little grapple,

And I'll reward you with an apple'

You'd run like hell! But little Eve

Was, as I say, a bit naive.

Without one morsel of hesitation

She gave in to the snake's temptation!

She bit the apple and then (good grief!)

She covered herself with a tiny leaf.

She must have been  a size 'petite',

But then she hadn't had much to eat.

Off she went to find his nibs,

Pretending she was one of his ribs!

They took to sex for all they were worth,

And went on to populate all the earth!

If you find yourself in this situation

Don't give-in to the snake's temptation!

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