Or before bath's were invented.
Washing day again.
Bath tub Infront of the fire,
First it was mum
The cleanest of the lot,
Then it was baby Abigail's turn.
I always hated that,
she always pissed in the pot.
Then it was Lilith my sister,
Three women in the family
Always seemed a lot.
Covered in so many smelly things,
She always perfumed the pot.
Then came greasy old Graham,
Laying tarmac was his one job.
After that it was coalminer dad,
That climbed into the tub.
I know that you must think I'm daft
For not wanting to get in that bath tub
For some reason I don't feel I needed
A scrub.
After we've all finished having a scrub
They never emptied that old tub
Down to the potting shed they'd go
With a grin, ready to make the next lot
Of grandmother's bathtub gin
Poetry by Alan J Ripley
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Written on 2024-04-13 at 05:21
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KEEPING IT CLEAN
Thin blue lines,Washing day again.
Bath tub Infront of the fire,
First it was mum
The cleanest of the lot,
Then it was baby Abigail's turn.
I always hated that,
she always pissed in the pot.
Then it was Lilith my sister,
Three women in the family
Always seemed a lot.
Covered in so many smelly things,
She always perfumed the pot.
Then came greasy old Graham,
Laying tarmac was his one job.
After that it was coalminer dad,
That climbed into the tub.
I know that you must think I'm daft
For not wanting to get in that bath tub
For some reason I don't feel I needed
A scrub.
After we've all finished having a scrub
They never emptied that old tub
Down to the potting shed they'd go
With a grin, ready to make the next lot
Of grandmother's bathtub gin
Poetry by Alan J Ripley
Read 148 times
Written on 2024-04-13 at 05:21
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