Sometimes children, and adults, too
Complain that they are feeling bored
They can't be short of things to do
Maybe they simply mean ignored
I've always got too much to do
Thoughts twirling in my busy head
Write poems, paint, try phoning you
Or exercise, lying in bed
Bread made by Trevor Sharot. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.
If you are short of things to do
Why not try making home-made bread
You need flour, water, oil - and yeast!
Without yeast you will get flat bread
You need to check the recipe
Yours hand-written or theirs online
You'll need to knead, remember salt
Set buzzers, check, that fills up time
First you must go to buy the yeast
Unless sour dough bread is your dream
There's always some new bread to try
Add nuts and seeds, that's my new scheme
Before or after making bread
Invite a new friend to try it
If your bread's not wild success
Compare commercial bread - buy it
First home made bread, like you, might sink
Stay stuck to the base of the pan
Plan to repeat recipes twice
Before dinner parties, you can
But if your bread does not work well
You'll admire big, sliced, shop-bought bread
Read the long ingredients list
'How do they make that?' in your head
You can try making home made jam
Salted or unsalted butter
Serve your bread hot or serve it cold
Last week's first failure won't matter
The solution is be doing
Not worrying, idly thinking
Not spend time on over-eating
Nor staring into space, drinking
If you've tried something new each day
You'll have a lot of tales to tell
Of how you first failed, got it right
Explain how others do it well
Next time you get to taste good bread
Or see it sit on a wood board
You'll think, 'Did they add sugar, salt?'
I guarantee, you'll not be bored.
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