Be Prepared!

Preparation is the answer
Don't be caught off guard
Do your work a little early
It's not all that hard.

Hang your Christmas lights up 'fore the
leaves have all gone brown
Next year you'll be ready if you
never take them down!

Buy your Christmas presents at the
sales on New Years Day
Keep them in the closet safely
wrapped and tucked away.

Come the holidays and they sit
underneath the tree
You find you don't remember what on
Earth those gifts could be!

A tie for Uncle Edward who just
died the month before
Tap shoes for little Susie who's not
dancing anymore.

A His and Hers bath towel set for your
cousins Nan and Nate
who decided this past summer they were
going to separate.

With just a little planning it's not
difficult to do
Preparation is a gift
that you give to you!

submitted for Poetic Bloomings, Prompt 33, Be Prepared
and Smiley Sociology, Study 11, Gifts

3 Bags Full

If you like a good detective story

I just read one that's not too gory

Leonie Swann wrote the book

and you really should take a look

It's about the murder of a shepherd

but with cleverness and fun this tale is peppered!

You see, the sheep have lost their master

and they vow to bring justice to this disaster

The flock will solve the homicide

using skills for which they're qualified

So read 3 Bags Full-it will surely amuse

but watch out what you say around rams and ewes!

submitted for Smiley Sociology #9, Book Review, at Rhyme Me a Smile

Capy Happy

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A capybara is a mammal 

That looks like a guinea pig

Has been cross-bred with a hippo

But the capy's not that big!

Capybaras live in groups

Of families alongside a river

They eat fruits and plants and grasses

Have coarse hair so they don't shiver.

Of the order rodentia

Like the mouse, chinchilla, rat

Capybara is the largest

About 100 pounds at that!

 Remains submerged for 5 long minutes

"Water-pig" its name once meant

Because it's semi-aquatic

Catholics may eat them for Lent!

submitted for Poetry Jam, Humor In Poems

and for Smiley Sociology Study #8, Rare Animals, at Rhyme Me a Smile

and Funny Bunny Fridays, Week 2, at Purple Treehouse