ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Any Socks are Bed Socks

Any socks are bed socks.
Blue socks or red socks.
Tight socks or slack socks.
White socks or black socks
Short socks or long socks.
Wearing them wrong socks.
Matching socks or odd socks.
Ancient socks or mod socks.
Wool socks or cotton socks.
Fresh socks or rotten socks.
Bruce socks or Ted socks.
Any socks are bed socks.

Large socks or small socks.
Rise socks or fall socks.
Dry socks or wet socks.
Wild socks or pet socks.
Plain socks or ribbed socks.
Truth socks or fibbed socks.
Cursed socks or saved socks.
Grassed socks or paved socks.
Clean socks or smelly socks.
Fruit socks or deli socks.
Starved socks or fed socks.
Any socks are bed socks.

Thick socks or thin socks.
Out socks or in socks.
Hot socks or cold socks.
Covered with mould socks.
Whole socks or half socks.
Lamb socks or calf socks.
Bad socks or good socks.
Might socks or should socks.
Single socks or double socks.
Honest socks or trouble socks.
Foot socks or head socks.
Any socks are bed socks.

Dark socks or light socks.
Flight socks or fight socks.
Sailing socks or ski socks.
Dear socks or free socks.
Flat socks or wavy socks.
Army socks or navy socks.
Shilling socks or penny socks.
Julie socks or Jenny socks.
Cuff socks or collar socks.
Three hundred dollar socks.
Yellow socks or green socks.
Hidden socks or seen socks.
Straight socks or bent socks.
Borrowed socks or lent socks.
Rich socks or poor socks.
Cooked socks or raw socks.
Knock-kneed socks or bandy socks.
Frigid socks or randy socks.
Smooth socks or coarse socks.
Caramel sauce socks.
Raspy old hessian socks.
Childhood regression socks.
Toenails pushed through socks
From me to you socks.
Lone socks or friended socks.
Very strange double-ended socks.
Live socks or dead socks.
Any socks are bed socks.

© Stephen Whiteside 12.02.2014

Sock it to 'em

Did you find the missing sock ?

Now see that's what I mean by out there


Bob

Hmmm. Are you trying to tell me that's not good ol' Aussie bush verse, Bob?

Just how you come upon the subject matter ????


Bob

Oh, well. In this case, I was getting into bed one night, and I reached for a pair of socks - because these days my feet always get cold in bed at night unless I wear a pair of socks - and I grabbed an old pair of stretched, thin, rather wretched-looking socks that I would normally not wear at all and probably should have thrown out years ago, and I thought, "These will do," and then it struck me that I'm not very fussy about bed socks - especially in summer; I'm more particular in winter - and the phrase "any socks are bed socks" popped into my head, and I thought, "Hm, I like that, I reckon I could have a bit of a play with that."

So I did.

Stephen, Bob. a very talented artist calls that " the significance of the insignificant " if you can catch that ( as Stephen has done ) it's a gold mine.

Thanks, Neville. I must admit that is what I try to do. My motto is "Nothing is too insignificant to write about!" It's served me pretty well over the years, too. (The corollary - "The more insignificant the better!" - also has legs.)