
Kettle’s empty, fill it up
Snatch the tea and wipe the cup
Tea bag in, soaks dishwater
Cup does drop to the floor, the
Kettle’s steaming up the windows
Wall-paper peels pink flamingos
Or is that just my tired eyes,
Falling for kettle’s steamy disguise?
Kettles don’t whistle anymore
They rattle to the kitchen door –
Answer urgent neighbour’s call
Got any milk? (Mad cow for sure!)
No, come on in, I’ll entertain you
Join me and flamingo for a brew
My milk is sane, the cow, a bore;
Alas! Kettle’s hopped it out the door!
Spoon and dish, hand in hand
Found kettle in a different land
With tango dance at kettle’s toe
And tea-leaves read by cows on show
With flamingo prancing all in time
To cup and saucer’s clanking rhyme
Where billies boil, steam does scream;
O how we laughed at kettle’s dream.
Thanks to Benjamin Lehman for the use of your pic from Flickr
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I was going to put in an emoji of a tea kettle too, but I couldn’t find one. Take care.
Neil Scheinin