Send
A Hose And
Rinse Away
On our
face, in our hair and over our heads,
Our
floors, clothes and our flower beds!
You can
keep your rats, cacti and reptiles but
How on
earth has it travelled thousands of miles?
Over our
houses, our shops and our cars,
Windows
and pavements, it's spread so far.
Built sand
castles from dunes in our study
But as it
rains down it looks so muddy.
You could
have sent over some traditional food
And what
you’ve delivered over has a strange hue!
Tho' it
will come in handy to mix up cement
As we need
more houses in Essex and Kent.
Your
desert has spilt over our tee shirts,
Blown here
and there around our skirts!
Glad you
kept hold of all your camels,
Scorpions,
snakes and other mammals!
Our
beaches now pretty with shingle and sand;
We ought
to be grateful that you've lent a hand!
It must
have bypassed the Bay of Biscay
And landed
on our soil from all that way.
A yellow
like coating on bird’s bees and trees
Overseas
Sahara in our air and the breeze
And among
the rubbish and the debris
Some
African sunshine and Vitamin D.
Please
next time may the wind blow
Further
down south and way down below.
It might
be useful for somewhere that snows
And
Greenland might like the gift you bestow.
Copyright
Linda Lawrence
15th April 2015