Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Babysitting

my niece is torturing me with clarinet practice in the living room
actually it sounds quite nice
its just very very loud
instead of dueling banjos
i have clarinet dueling with television

my nephew came to me saying he had a sore throat
he says he's been sick
but didn't tell his parents
because he wanted to go to school
he says he needs a cough lolly

poor nephew is out of luck
the distribution of the cough lollies
rests in the hands of his evil elder clarinet practicing sister
whose answer is a resounding no

my niece is keeper of the last remaining cough lollies
because she has been ill

when snotty she has the distressing habit
of leaving her used tissues where'er they drop
like little plague bearing snowdrops

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