Tuesday, February 17, 2009

One fine day in the middle of the night,
Two dead boys got up to fight
Back to back they faced one another
Drew their swords and shot each other.
One was blind the other couldn't see,
So they chose a dummy for a referee,
A blind man went to see fair play
A dumb man went to shout 'hooray'
A deaf policeman heard the noise
And came and shot the two dead boys.
A paralysed donkey walking by,
Kicked the policeman in the eye,
Sent him through a rubber wall
Into a ditch and drowned them all.
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I see said the blind man to the deaf dog,
Free admission, pay at the door,
Pull up a seat and sit on the floor,
I'll tell you a story I know nothing about.
In the middle of the morning
In the middle of the night,
Two dead boys got up to fight,
Back to back they faced each other,
Drew their swords and shot each other,
A deaf policeman heard the noise,
And came and killed the two dead boys,
A paralysed donkey came their way and kicked them over a 10ft wall,
Into a dry ditch and drowned them all.

(If you don't believe this lie is true, ask the blind man-he saw it too.)

1 comment:

Lakeland Jo said...

what an odd poem- very compelling though