Lucky Charms
By Danny Smith
I've got a growth on the outskirts of Howth
I've got a big shoe on the side of me loo
I've got a red hat and a fat black cat
But me leg has turned a quaer shade of blue
I once knew a dog who sat on a log
and a cat who was stuck in a gutter
I knew a big elf who was sat on a shelf
he showered us all with his scutter
I once killed a kid with a jam jar lid
I skinned him and rolled him in batter
I first ate a toe, and what do you know
I was sucking his ribs off the platter
I had a new hat which sat on me head
and a scarf which wrapped round me neck
I broke into jail to murder a whale
and afterwards went to see Shrek
I'm writing this poem on the back of me leg
I'll make me arm dance a nice jig
For being so stupid I'll never forgive
And never forget, I know where you live.
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