'They're there' she said,
to comfort him, at night,
before the covers were over his head
- as she waved and smiled and turned out the light.
'Their there,' he cried,
'not Johnny's!' Eyes shut tight,
after the scratching from the darker side
and he moaned and groaned the livelong night.
'There, there', they said,
'Poor Johnny's died of fright'
Without bunking off school, and better read,
he'd've survived and thrived with his grammar right.
Comments
threeleafshamrock | March 23, 2009 - 09:37
Clever (as usual) and entertaining. Enjoyed this!
Chris ;)
tcook | March 24, 2009 - 10:33
It took me a while to work out 'their there' - as in that bit of space is owned by them and not Johnny. I wonder if it could be made clearer - but it's probably best to leave it to our ancient grey matter to work it out.
Ewan | March 24, 2009 - 10:55
I reckon it's a matter of punctuation, but I'm not sure whether an exclamation mark isn't over-egging the pudding.