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THE CACKLING ROSE

Have you ever heard,
The cackle from a crow.
Or the smell from a skunk,
When it lets one go.

Or the screams from a banshee,
When it drops it's mother's.
cauldron on it's toe.
Or the chinless wonder,
That sucks there feet.

The near toothless grin,
From eating to many sweets.
The home truths they tell you that are so,
Even though they have a Pinocchio nose.

The more they talk the more it grows,
You tolerate All there wanton flaws.
The blackened hands that look like paws,
Let me introduce you who come my way.

To my lovely ex daughter in law,
Who will probably kill me.
If she reads this on any given day,
Even though I don't try to offend.
I wrote this out using her gift to me,
A father's Day pen.

Poetry by Alan J Ripley