Angela Lansbury photographed with a giant smiley. Copyright Angela Lansbury.
She was scared of everything
Of a broken bangle
A missing ring
Of high notes she couldn't sing
Of missing a bus
Of missing a plane
Of making mistakes
And starting again
She was scared of needles
And breaking a thread
Dust mites sitting on the shelf
And lurking in the bed
She was scared of a jumping frog
And a barking dog
What was underneath a log!
And getting lost in a fog
Rules of cribbage and whist
Of being kissed
Of straining her wrist
And losing her list
Of standing too long
And sitting down, too
Being unemployed
Having too much to do
Fevers, on the Nile
And yet all the while
You would never know
From her big false smile.
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