December 2005
The seasons have turned topsy turvy.
The weather has all gone to pot.
Should we expect to have snow in December
Or will it be sunny and hot?
How will the children build snowmen
With something they just havn’t got?
And dressing one could pose a problem,
With political correctness a must.
Whether to choose a top hat or a bonnet
Would have to be carefully discussed.
Snowman or snowwoman - could cause some offence!
Would snowperson be fairer and just?
For a nose, would the innocent carrot
Be purchased from near or from far?
Would organic prevail over something that’s travelled
Long food miles, to end up in Spar?
To have to decide on such issues as these
Is becoming a touch too bizarre.
With the energy crisis we’re facing,
I feel that some caution is wise.
Dare I mention the fuel that’s traditionally used
For a snowpersons’s buttons and eyes.
Or would it be ‘greener’ to use bottle tops
And a couple of home made mince pies?
Now, the pipe is a real hot potato!
On the fence we should really not sit.
’Cos in role play, the snowperson sets an example
Even though his pretend pipe’s not lit.
So we’ll make the snowperson Non Smoking
And that’s how we’ll get over it!
Oh, where will it end, all this madness?
Let’s hope that there will come a day
When common sense and moderation
Will prove that life can be OK
So add a small pinch of salt to whatever you do,
But no more than the RDA! (6 gms!)
Annie Yaxley
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