Lawn Mowers
The lawns of our Luton Bungalow
Didn’t need that much to mow.We had a mower you pushed your self
Mowing the lawn gave you good health.Later on we moved up higher.
Got a mower with a wire.A green thing with a catchy slogan
( probably voiced by Terry Wogan)It’s a lot less bother than a hover
According to me dad
They forgot to add
It’s dire if you mow the wire.Times past and I’ve moved out
Got a bigger garden now
So a mower’s needed with more clout.A petrol mower!
As I poured the petrol in
A funny feeling grew within
I felt uncomfortably grown up
It stayed as I read how to start it up.Pull this, hold that, tug this, to get it going
It was nearly an hour ‘till I started mowingSo as I stood there cutting grass
I felt I’d joined the middle classI really hopped for lots more fuss
You know a procession on an open topped bus.
An honour guard of fellow mowers
Petrol cans held aloft in gardeny salute
Gently revving Jerusalem in 2 stroke, four part harmony.What I got was a pigeon staring at me.
Inspiration
Why? Fairly obvious I’d of thought.
Imagine if I ever buy a sit on mower
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