THE MOUSE IN A THIMBLE

A mouse in a thimble he saw

On a fine lady of awe…

He noticed the pin

On the sweater she was in,

Complimenting her for the pin he saw!

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–Jonathan Caswell

 

YOGURT ON MY SWEATER

YOGURT ON MY SWEATER

With yogurt on my sweater,

I couldn’t show any better….

My wife’s loving care

For how I fare,

Drawn with cords of love, not a fetter!

–Jonathan Caswell

THE DIAMOND SWEATER

THE DIAMOND SWEATER

 

This morning I saw a sweater

With colored diamonds thereon…

It looked good on the young woman, “D.”,

But it might not look good on me!

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A blue-grey collar stuck out at the top

Neatly folded down, open neck…

Her ginger coif and welcoming smile,

Made me think of a diamond rare!

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She showed me a picture on her monitor

Of a crabapple-eating deer….

Taken last week at her other place,

They wanted to name it, I fear!

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No one wants to name the deer in our yard,

They don’t stay around much, you see…

They come around evenings when pictures are hard

And we don’t have a crabapple tree!

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I left “D.” to consider the deer,

That Westboro Wonder for sure…

To name a small deer eating apple trees

Whose neither afraid or mature!

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The sweater looked good the second time round,

I came back to check my post….

Of all the people who’ve worn that sweater

I think I like her, the most!

 

–Jonathan Caswell