Sticky Tape
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:08 am
No. I'm not stealing Greg North's idea. We had 'sticky tape is handy' as a homework topic last week. It was hard not to use any of the same predicaments as Greg does in his great routine. I think I've done it.
A STICKY WICKET (STICKY TAPE HOMEWORK)
Zondrae King (Corrimal) 01/12
The sticky tape was handy but I don’t think I’ll use that.
I need something much stronger to repair my cricket bat.
The gang was playing cricket in the backyard at my mums
that means my sister and my brother and some other chums.
Now playing backyard cricket is something that’s always pretty cool
but well before each match it’s best to check on every rule.
‘Cause backyard rules can vary from one backyard to the next
and if they say you’re out you can become a little vexed.
Some play the rule ‘You can’t get out, the first ball that you face’.
but others aren’t so gen’rous; they don’t give you any grace.
‘Over the fence’; another rule that you must talk about
‘Over the fence is six,’ our rule, ‘you fetch the ball, you’re out’.
Now if there’s not enough of you to let you play in teams
the batting order must be set or you’ll be hearing screams.
We limit ‘runs’, to twenty, so that each one gets a share.
Some kids can bat forever and the game becomes unfair.
In backyard cricket I have played, majority’s the rule
there rarely is an umpire and kids are sometimes cruel.
If you should whinge about it, when they say you’re out one day,
the next match that is on, well, you just won’t be asked to play.
The ownership of bat and ball can make you popular
and you’ll be given special rights in backyards near and far.
If you find out that you’ve been wronged or that you just can’t win,
you learn to be a sport and how to take it on the chin.
On rare occasions something happens to upset the play,
like this event, that’s just occurred while playing here today.
I went to hit a ball for six and gave it all my best,
it hit the ground, the handle separated from the rest.
The sticky tape was handy but I don’t think I’ll use that
It wouldn’t last, the bat would fall to bits in no time flat.
I don’t think sticky tape would even hold a practice swing.
It might stick to the handle, but the rest would never cling.
I know my dad has PVC, for wood work, in his shed
but “Don’t you go in there alone” is what my father said.
I thought “there must be something!” and remembered Tarzan’s grip.
That’s paper glue, forget it. It’s not suited for this trip.
My mum used superglue, to stick a handle on her cup.
Yes, there’s a clue, maybe that’s what I need for my stick up.
In any case it’s getting dark, I’ll put it on the shelf.
They’ve all gone home and you just can’t play cricket by yourself.
* note; having just added this to my index - it is the 40th poem I have posted since we began this index idea. (don't think I have missed any) I would never have known that except for John Peel working out the index bit. Thanks John
A STICKY WICKET (STICKY TAPE HOMEWORK)
Zondrae King (Corrimal) 01/12
The sticky tape was handy but I don’t think I’ll use that.
I need something much stronger to repair my cricket bat.
The gang was playing cricket in the backyard at my mums
that means my sister and my brother and some other chums.
Now playing backyard cricket is something that’s always pretty cool
but well before each match it’s best to check on every rule.
‘Cause backyard rules can vary from one backyard to the next
and if they say you’re out you can become a little vexed.
Some play the rule ‘You can’t get out, the first ball that you face’.
but others aren’t so gen’rous; they don’t give you any grace.
‘Over the fence’; another rule that you must talk about
‘Over the fence is six,’ our rule, ‘you fetch the ball, you’re out’.
Now if there’s not enough of you to let you play in teams
the batting order must be set or you’ll be hearing screams.
We limit ‘runs’, to twenty, so that each one gets a share.
Some kids can bat forever and the game becomes unfair.
In backyard cricket I have played, majority’s the rule
there rarely is an umpire and kids are sometimes cruel.
If you should whinge about it, when they say you’re out one day,
the next match that is on, well, you just won’t be asked to play.
The ownership of bat and ball can make you popular
and you’ll be given special rights in backyards near and far.
If you find out that you’ve been wronged or that you just can’t win,
you learn to be a sport and how to take it on the chin.
On rare occasions something happens to upset the play,
like this event, that’s just occurred while playing here today.
I went to hit a ball for six and gave it all my best,
it hit the ground, the handle separated from the rest.
The sticky tape was handy but I don’t think I’ll use that
It wouldn’t last, the bat would fall to bits in no time flat.
I don’t think sticky tape would even hold a practice swing.
It might stick to the handle, but the rest would never cling.
I know my dad has PVC, for wood work, in his shed
but “Don’t you go in there alone” is what my father said.
I thought “there must be something!” and remembered Tarzan’s grip.
That’s paper glue, forget it. It’s not suited for this trip.
My mum used superglue, to stick a handle on her cup.
Yes, there’s a clue, maybe that’s what I need for my stick up.
In any case it’s getting dark, I’ll put it on the shelf.
They’ve all gone home and you just can’t play cricket by yourself.
* note; having just added this to my index - it is the 40th poem I have posted since we began this index idea. (don't think I have missed any) I would never have known that except for John Peel working out the index bit. Thanks John