NAPOWRIMO 2023- DAY 26

 

 

  DAY 26

we're happy little vegemites
as bright as bright can be
we all enjoy our vegemite for breafast lunch and t

our mothers say were growing strong with every single week
because we love our vegemite
we all adore our vegemite
it puts a rose in every cheek

hearing  children sing this
is very touching
after all these years

 DAY 27

Californian Poppy Hair Oil

The Poppies of California
scented hair oil
worn by elderly gentlemen
in a bygone era
who were lucky enough to
still have hair
my grandfather use to wear it
he was very dapper with his thick wavy hair
my grandmother liked  him a lot
their marriage was arranged
i remember her saying
how lucky she was it worked out

 

 DAY 28

pungent cooking smells
reek of poverty and servitude
time for a shower
sound the trumpet
she listens to purcell
whilst chopping the onions

the door clicks
it's next door
another world
three inches away that
she never wants to see

the carnations in the jam jar
are joyous
are still alive
after weeks of neglect
are in love with
the sprigs of mint
pure and fragrant
amongst the potato peels

They refuse to die

 

DAY 29

 giuseppe's gnocchi
fabrizio's fagioli bean soup
roberto's bolognese sauce
delicious food
all these gorgeous italians
are
great cooks
great musicians
great friends
and with these multi talents
all married
of course

 30 DAY 

she takes it back

only yesterday
she said she' d be better off
with a four legged tiger
than the two legged tiger
she was always hankering for

 

 

then she thought of
fabrizio
giuseppe
roberto
realised and resolved then and there
to find a caravaggio angel
of her own
make a home in italy
make a tribe of bambini
and live happily ever after
another barefoot contessa