Whose Hues?

BLUE MONDAY


WHOSE HUES?

When Sadie stayed with Granny

Granny always did her best

To further her education

So she set a little test.

Sadie was only four years old

So very young and small

So Granny tested her colours

To see if she knew them all.

'What colour is grass?' she questioned

And 'Green' came the answer back.

'And what's the colour of Sootie cat?'

The child responded 'Black.'

'Tell me the colour of lipstick'

The kindly Granny said,

And quick as a flash the answer came...

'I know what it is. It's red!'

When asked the colour of the sky

The child piped up with 'Blue!'

And Granny was delighted

With the colours that she knew.

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When Granny was saying her farewells

She said 'Please come again!'

And Sadie surprised her by saying

'You might know your colours by then!'

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SHAKING THE SPEAR

I have tinkered with the first lines of The Bard's sonnets.

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought

I turn my mind from memories too fraught;

When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes

I tell myself that all they say is lies.

Then, weary with toil I haste me to my bed

Allowing gentler thoughts to fill my head.

As an unperfect actor on the stage

I try to turn my back on pain and rage.

Let those who are in favour with their stars

Make out that life has left them free of mortal scars.

My glass shall not persuade me I am old,

Until this heart of mine is dead and cold.

Dear Shakespeare, thank you for each opening line.

The other silly bits , I fear, are mine.

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PS


It's our son, Greg's, birthday today.

I wanted another daughter,

But I'm not complaining now.

Ever since you showed up

I've been saying 'Wow!'

You invade our refrigerator

For something nice to chew!

But I forgive you, Gregory!

Happy Birthday to You!

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