SUNDAY SCRIBBLINGS
SENSATIONAL?
Sensational? I think not!
What! Some knitted socks!
They're not the type of article
To give one thrills and shocks!
Do they overpower the senses?
Do they make one gasp and reel?
Do they make your hair stand up on end
Or let out a girlish squeal?
Well, maybe the latter,
If you're heavily into knitting,
And you get a frisson of delight
When a sock is merely fitting.
Language can be so debased.
I'm sure these socks are clever,
Neat and warm and well-designed
But 'sensational'? Never!
The patterns look delightful,
And very hard to knit,
My husband would rejoice in them,
But that is about it.
As to overwhelming feelings
Of exquisite ecstasy......
They are not sensational.
'It's 'Very Nice' for me
Though I must confess my muted words
On the cover of a book
Might not have been a selling-point,
Or earned a second look.
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ANYTHING YOU CAN DO!
(Sing to the tune of the 'Annie Get Your Gun' song!)
Anything that is white, I can be whiter!
I can be whiter than anything here!
Than the snow!
That is so!
Than a pearl?
Atta girl!
I'm the whitest of all that is clear!
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Anything that is black, I can be blacker!
I can be blacker than all that you see.
Than a coal?
Bless my soul!
Than some tar?
There you are!
Though I'm only a shadowy tree!
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