Happy half term!

Jack and the BeanstalkWhen I travel about the place I tend to forget stuff (I recently left a bag on a train back from Manchester).  Here’s a short poem about the effect of leaving things at home.

When I spend a night away

I pack a bag for where I’ll stay

I’ll put in socks and pants and stuff

(pyjamas and a shirt’s enough).

As I’m leaving, in my rush

I always forget my toothbrush.

This regular lapse of memory

means that in my bathroom, I have three!

The toothbrush collection causes a stink

they take up room around the sink.

The soap is squeezed to find a space

there’s just enough for my toothpaste.

Three is company and very nice

but I don’t brush my teeth three times!

This trio make the bathroom hectic

and there’s a fourth (it’s electric!)

Next time that I’m on a trip

I really need to plan for it.

Somehow or other I have to stop

buying toothbrushes from the corner shop.

But if I’m away and I’ve forgotten

another one would not be rotten.

Owning five might seem obscene

but at least I’m committed to oral hygiene!