1.
Do you often get downhearted
When the socks of a pair are parted?
The washing process separates
Those little socks which should be mates!
Keep safety-pins in a handy spot
Then you'll never lose the plot.
Join the socks for the duration,
And avoid this washing complication
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2.
Bridge may be the game you choose,
In your home or on a cruise,
But you may find the cards get sticky
(Human hands can be quite tricky!)
Even manicured hands, in time,
Can leave a patina of grime!
Before you buy another pack,
Giving your well-loved cards the sack,
Try talcum-powder as a reviver!
Your pack will be a proud survivor!
Sprinkle and wipe and you will find
You've left the grubbiness behind.
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3.
Dammit! Broken glass again!
A goblet or a window pane!
The shards lie there upon the ground!
I'll cut myself soon, I'll be bound!
I must be careful where I tread!
But, if I take a slice of bread
And press it into the shattered pieces,
The need for extra vigilance ceases!
Every tiny pin-point bit
Will soon embed itself in it!
Throw the bread away with care
And you'll forget glass was ever there.
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Julia Gillard wins the closest election in Australian history!
AT LAST!
At last we are governed! After two weeks in limbo!
The lady is strong. Don't call her a bimbo!
She's won by a whisker and made some mistakes
But she's certainly shown that she's got what it takes.
The road will be hard, with much opposition;
And I wouldn't care to be in her position!
I didn't vote for her for I voted 'Green';
I want us to aim for a world that is clean.
But the feminist in me is over the moon!
Our own Mrs Thatcher! And that none too soon!
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P.S.
We took the boys home to their own home after school today. We wanted to view the new furniture purchases.
They showed us their new toy-room settee. I read them a story on it.
And their new toy-shelves which look easy to keep tidy!
Harry was thrilled about it all. (Or was it the Election?)
