Clarihew Poem--Bitsy the Boy--National Poetry Month

This is a Clarihew Poem. Don't ask me how Mr. Clerihew rates a poem style, but Stephanie will probably know and tell you here. Anywho, that's what I'm writing today, if I can keep my eyeballs open. They're not hilariously funny, but what can you expect from 2 1/2 hours of sleep? In between stanzas, I'm playing my bodrhan (Irish drum).

BITSY THE BOY

Bitsy the Boy works hard when he works
But when he's not working, he dawdles and shirks
Perhaps if I gave him something better to do
He might not detest going after dog poo.

I took Bitsy Boy to the Oinks place to eat.

I mean how can you go wrong with bacon for meat?

But when he came out with two bags full of food

We found out you pay through the nose for what's good.

Bitsy the Boy is not very small.

And since he graduated he's gotten quite tall

I feared we would soon have to roll him to bed

If he sat there for too long he'd prolly be dead

 

 But then Bitsy Boy got a really nice job

Lugging fertilizer and cement for ten bob

So it looks like he can't get away from the poo

Whether it be from a bark, or a cluck, or a moo.

© 2017 BY H. LINN MURPHY