Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine
ColourMine: A Tongue-in-Cheek Observation from my Sofa, about rural life, farming, puppies and life in general.
I’ve got my favourite ColourMine seat
In amongst some of the posts on my Instagram feed
I happened to see some of Jeremy’s
All those puppies I have seen
They look absolutely fabulous to me
The mum looks wonderful too
Enjoying all the social media attention
Just like you
The next thing I saw was unusual to me
Some kind of rhubarb fizzy drink, sounds brilliant to me
But probably a bit left field don’t you think
Maybe it’ll gain traction and beat
It may even improve business
And show you’re definitely thinking on your feet
Although rhubarb isn’t to my or everyone’s taste
I gotta say, me, I love it, like all weirdos do
But I like gypsy tart and lemon meringue too
I like it all naked because that’s the best way to be
Don’t want to muck up the taste of something
That brings back good memories for me
Like the first time I had to eat, something prepared for me
By someone other than Mum, but that was way back in primary.
ColourMine Reminiscing . . .
Did you remember eating anything that wasn’t cooked in school
No nor me, because we weren’t fools
They put it on the plate for you to eat
And you ate it all like it was your favourite treat
I’m so glad we grew up then
It was in some ways like you’d envision heaven to be
Although some kids viewed it like their worst nightmare or enemy
But that would be because
But that would be because the bullies would beat And take your food just to get extra to eat Now, I’m glad to let the memories recede We wish you all the best ColourMine and me We look forward to reading About your next feat Whether it’s some sort of engineering Or has bird or animal feet
I would suggest though to give a miss
To runner ducks in a shed cos that could
Definitely be a stinky mistake you’d regret
Really,
I kid you not, a farmer near me
Had runner ducks and the stink was gross,
Vile,
Made you almost puke on a hot day at a hundred feet
Far worse than cattle pen cleaning on a Monday, believe me
And as you probably know that’s so disgusting
You almost can’t breathe, and yes, I’ve experienced that too,
Now I wish you goodbye, enjoy the ride,
I can see from my feed you’re doing spectacularly
So, I’ll be brief, enjoy, and I’ll be watching
With a biscuit and a cup of tea,
Hopefully you and all of your followers
Will join me on ColourMine for a read,
And we'll all keep an eye out for runner ducks, hehe
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