020 - Book

I bought a book on types of prose

I thought I’d try to learn

How to write a poem properly

Some more cash I’d love to earn

Because I love to fill my house

With merchandise and toys

From my favourite sci-fi shows and films

My wife it sure annoys

She says that I’m a marketer’s dream

That I’ll buy any old stuff

She might be right, she usually is

Living with me is tough

I buy LEGO sets and action figs

Graphic novels and clothes

Scarves and things and uniforms

Who doesn’t love some of those?

I must have it all, though we’ve no space

We’re running out of room

It’s hard to keep it all in one safe place

I’ve got this sense of impending doom

Anyway the problem is, I’ve now lost the book

The one on better writing

I wonder if it’s under that pile of comics?

Yeah, that’s probably where it’s hiding

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This poem appears in the book World’s Bestest Poetry Volume One, available from the Shop!