Saturday, 17 October 2015

One Winter's Day


When I was a young child 
My father said "Blast" a lot
While in the garden plot

 Which was the extreme
By our mother's instruction
As we were so young

 However in his work shed
New words were learned without fear
Hidden from her sharp ear

 Then one winters day
Called to lunch us three turned up
Washed hands, food to sup

 "Oh! Bloody hell Mum 
Surely not cabbage again"
My brother did complain

 He was sent to bed
Father looked out the window
Thought he spied a crow

 Scared I hid my smile
Glad it had not been me
And ate my greens with glee
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16 comments:

  1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade17 October 2015 at 23:42

    Oops!

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  2. brudberg17 October 2015 at 23:54

    Ha, I think kids will always pick up those words. Maybe mother shouldn't serve cabbage if she didn't want to hear.

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  3. Anonymous17 October 2015 at 23:56

    Ha ha....kids will be kids... Lovely memory piece.

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  4. Jae Rose18 October 2015 at 02:02

    Sometimes it pays to be a smart arse! Although i'd look forward to the second pudding more than my greens ;)

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  5. Sanaa Rizvi18 October 2015 at 04:15

    A wonderful depiction of household rules where the mother appears a bit more stern than the father. Proper upbringing is so important.. and parents go through such pains to ensure that their children grow up to become good people.

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  6. Mary18 October 2015 at 05:26

    Ha ha, it is nice to look innocently on when someone else is caught! LOL.

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  7. Susan18 October 2015 at 06:02

    Hahaha! A great telling of an archetypal happening. I love the cow most of all!

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  8. Sherri B.18 October 2015 at 07:46

    This made me smile...a wonderful memory, and I'm glad you shared it in poetry. :)

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  9. Gillena Cox18 October 2015 at 08:05

    Ha ha, the smart one got supper, lucky you

    Have a nice Sunday

    Much love...

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  10. dsnake118 October 2015 at 08:21

    a humourous retelling of a childhood tale. :)

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  11. Sherry Blue Sky18 October 2015 at 08:55

    LOL, I love it. Love the dad looking out the window......

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  12. Maggie Patti Barbara Frankford-Walton18 October 2015 at 09:21

    what a twist of thoughts and imagery.

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  13. humbird18 October 2015 at 11:21

    'Father looked out the window
    Thought he spied a crow' ~ these words made me smile.... Oldegg, you're so good storyteller.

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  14. Natašek18 October 2015 at 11:44

    good one :) parents may wonder where kids get their vocabulary, not knowing it's from them.

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  15. Magical Mystical Teacher19 October 2015 at 10:55

    I'm laughing, laughing, laughing at this rollicking good tale!

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  16. Gen Giggles 20 October 2015 at 05:41

    Hehehe yes watching the elder child get in trouble was always a private glee.

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