POETRY CORNER

Today’s fun verse is by Lynda Mackenzie, in Clackmannan, Scotland. She says: “I am a retired administrator and I write monologues and rhymes looking at life from a sixtysomething point of view.

“It’s an age when your prejudices are fully honed, you have accepted that much of modern life leaves you completely bewildered, but when all else fails, you still have your sense of humour!”

She knew that she should not have gone

Into the box with its Christmas wrap on.

A little voice inside her said

She would regret what lay ahead.

Until Christmas Day was just one sleep,

But she couldn’t wait to have a peep.

And what delights lay before her eyes,

Like coffee cream and mint surprise.

She thought she’d have just a little taste

And never mind about her waist.

A whisky truffle then almond crunch

Meant she was too full for lunch.

Went so well with her afternoon coffee.

She knew that there was no excuse

For polishing off the strawberry mousse.

Coconut dream then toffee cup,

One by one she ate them up.

She bypassed tea. She felt, indeed,

That chocolate filled her every need.

With Turkish delight and caramel log

She saw the world through a chocolate fog.

By supper time she felt an ache

After cherry fondant followed milk-choc-flake.

Now that the chocs were mostly gone

She reached out for the Gaviscon.

She knew she had only herself to blame,

And every year it was the same.

She knew that she should not have gone

Into the box with its Christmas wrap on!

Please could the lady who wrote the funny Christmas dinner poem get in touch again. My filing system seems to have gone awry. Ahem…