Having no idea what to write about having had a rather busy weekend and friends stopping I have been forced into writing instant nonsense poetry in order to avoid not writing anything although that would be easier. I am not a great poet but I will do my best...
Mr Crimpy Crumpy Stumpy was a curious man
Who lived in the back of
an old Battered Van
With a large wild hedgehog
called Uncle Joe
Who having escaped from a
nuclear power station . . . (that’s the
Hedgehog)
Had a strange luminous
glow.
They ate cheese and
crackers from the corner shop
And tin mugs full of tea
which Joe would often accidently drop . . . (well he is a hedgehog)
Singing sea shanties about
squid and beasts of the sea.
Swinging from a rope
swing, attached to the branch
Of an old oak tree
Then one night Mr Crimpy
Crumpy Stumpy got into a spin
Having drank fifteen
glasses of homemade Gin
Folk say he was not
himself, clearly a little mad
Because in the morning he
found he had eaten the hedgehog
Which was not very nice
And considered . . . ( by some)
Rather bad.
The END
I wonder if that's where the idea for Hedgehog flavoured crisps came from? Did Mr Crimpy Crumpy Stumpy, work for 'Walkers' by any chance?
ReplyDeleteThe family that started up Hedgehog Flavoured Crisps lived locally and we often used to bump into them from time to time for a chat. But I have not seen them for ages and ages . . . .such is life
DeleteThat was delightful. I think my favorite tea is an almond flavored one.
ReplyDeleteOOoooooo I like my tea, tea flavoured and full of milk and sugar
DeleteYou're a poet
ReplyDeleteand you know it!
Laughed along… and loved it. High five for the attempt, and a good one at that!
Cheers, Jenny
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I like to think my poetry is slightly in the mould of the late great Spike Milligan the hero of a certain generation.
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