Thursday, September 2, 2021

IN THE BATH

 The sun shines in the window

It twinkles on your toes

        skips across bare belly

then -- oops -- away it goes...


Squeeze the squishy facecloth

The rain come down

                         KER SPLASH!

It patters on your tummy

             and tickles out a laugh


A drop gallops across the water

       splashes up upon your chin

Does a jig upon two dimples

            Rolls down

And starts again ....


PILES OF SMILES

 Where do you get

         your bucket of

                   smiles?

Because the bucket

     never goes dry 


They sparkle

     and twinkle

          in wee tiny

                 wrinkles 


Do you dip them

        out up the sky?


Is that where you go to

      when your fast asleep

and the sunshine

       falls out of the day?

Do you slip out instead

       from your tiny head

and trip through the Stars

            as they play?


What gives you those great big

             twinkle-y smiles?

Did an elephant tickle your toes?

A crocodile nibble behind your ear?

Or a bee fly inside your nose?


Oh no!   I'm quite sure

         that those smiles galore

are a part of the secret you keep

You scoop sparkle away

          from the Stars

        as they play

and pat it into grins as you sleep

















DIAPER CHANGING

Joshua Joshua Joshua Poo-o-o!

Whatever are we going to do? 

Your bottom's YELLOW

Your bottom's GREEN

You're the BIGGEST mess I've seen


Whatever are we going to do?


You certainly don't smell like a rose!

       Your brother has to hold his nose

Sister throws her hands up in despair

       "There are Smell Bugs creeping

                 Through this air!

        Watch out! They'll get all over you"


Whatever are we going to do?


The neighbors will be petrified

(That means turned to stone inside)


Those Smell Bugs are everywhere!

            They've behind the door

            Creeping into the corners

      Coming up through the floor


He's a mess right to his knees

       We've got to do a Scrubdown

So bring the water PLEASE!


We're going to need a basin 

We're going to need a cloth

We're going to need some powder

         To get those Smell Bugs off!


Be sure and bring some tissue

No.     We won't need the glue!

But bring a brand new diaper

Oh.     And bring the baby too ...


Joshua Joshua Joshua.   Ah-h-h!

You're smelling sweeter now

                                     BY FAR