Postby Pallas » Sat Oct 01, 2022 11:56 am
Written for, and presented at, the event -
‘Ode to a Pumpkin’
Oh pumpkins, dear pumpkins, with sweet flesh and smooth skins
Of all things that grow you’re the best.
We want you and need you – we promise to feed you
From now ‘til it comes to FallFest.
You’ll take place of honour (though you might be a goner!)
As foodstuff or lantern in hand.
To lighten festivity you’ll show your proclivity
To shine brightest of all in the land.
Oh wormies, oh wormies, you horrible squirmies
We beg ‘Leave our efforts alone!’
You’ve tunnelled on by, made some of us die -
Why not give up? Just go on back home!
Dark crows, jumping rabbits, we spotted your habits
Of gnawing away at our work.
We’ve faced poachers and frogs – most anything ‘cept dogs
Our duty to guard we won’t shirk.
So hear us dear pumpkins. We’re no country bumpkins,
We’re learning to raise you aright.
We tend you, protect you. Should ill detect you
We’ll be here to put up a fight.
It’s no troublesome task – in return all we ask
Is that you will grow plump and true.
In turns soon to come amidst all the fun
We’ll be spending our time praising you.
The joke is on the bloke who never spoke a word at all
But whose dreams lay unrevealed 'til they were rotten ...
Lindisfarne 'The Things I Should Have Said'