< instructions >

[ellajam]

                          < instructions >

                and of these things we cannot bear
                a little box
                you open
                take a peek
                and try to hush
                but it goes squeak
                and wakes the dog
                and worse the cat
                who dreamt of nibbling
                on a rat
                a midnight snack's
                required all round
                another day
                another pound
                                  - - -

                          < instructions >

                and of these things we cannot bear
                who strain to raise their sleepy heads
                we face them with all we hold dear
                and gently lay them in their beds
                not you
                not I
                the perfect god
                but living in the human skin
                won't spoil the child to spare the rod
                compassion
                quells
                the war within
                                  - - -


Sorry,the brain doesn't always follow instructions.