Wise Eyes

SUNDAY SCRIBBLINGS

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WISE EYES

The Wise Old Owl is wrongly named,

For which, of course, it can't be blamed.

Human beings have seen its eyes

And then considered it very wise.

It stares with such a knowing stare

We think a lot of brain is there.

Sadly, the eyes are the largest part

Of the cranium. If you chart

The brain of an owl you then will find

There's not much room left for a mind!

All its brain-power is used in seeing

Which makes the owl a brainless being!

If I go round with googly eyes

Will everybody think me wise?

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CLANDESTINE

Your husband and my wife are both at home in bed.

And how we love our early-morning walk!

I saw you on the beach over a year ago

And it wasn't long before we stopped to talk.

At first it was all innocent; we walked briskly, on the beach,

Discussing work and hobbies and the weather.

I was finding Elsie dreary; you were heartily sick of Tom;

It was natural that we both felt drawn together.

But then our friendship changed to a deeper sort of feeling,

And now we've started having an affair!

We've been taking lots of chances, meeting secretly in hotels

And we're certain that it's true love that we share.

So far we've kept our secret; Tom and Elsie still know nothing;

The two of them lie snoring in their beds!

And the thought of illicit passion is something they'd not dream of!

They're so dull it wouldn't enter in their heads!

Watch out! That chap with the camera is pointing in our direction!

He's pretending that he's filming the morning sun.

But I bet he's a detective, employed by Tom and Elsie!

I think that we've been rumbled! Come on! Run!

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