Yesterday we had a big loss
I'm trying to be pleased, not cross
I often find it seems the same
When something's lost, I get the blame
I keep hoping it's simply hid
I keep rewinding what we did
Check photos, phone shops, don't lose heart
Replay the day right from the start
We seemed to spend lots of money
In a delightful art-craft shop
Choose for me, next our small honey
Then we both knew we had to stop
First buy - watercolour pencils
Then paper, a thick drawing pad
Then a putty rubber, eraser
The total sum was looking bad
We chose one thing, watching money
Just one thing more, it grew to four
One last thing, do me a favour
Small putty rubber, (eraser)
Four times seven is twenty eight
The assistant is working hard
Spending money's bad, yet great
Thank goodness we've a credit card
Do you want a bag? We disagree
My mistake, I thought it was free
Our friends have left, we must hurry
Where had they gone? Minor worry.
***
We'd checked the room of our hotel
Checked out. Trip over, All seemed well.
One day later, unpacked at home
Our precious purchases? They've gone!
We both serched near, we both searched far
Not in my bag, suitcase, nor car
Not on my desk, under my chair
Hall, corridor, looked everywhere
I searched the web, hoped for a sale
Replace? Keep searching! Wrote email
Recorded message, use our web
Click send, Type here, again it said!
For hours and hours I felt bereft
I wondered where it could be left
Left in the toilet I suspect
Our friend down south, she might collect
***
Next day, at last, thank God it's found!
His study floor it's run aground.
Lay hidden under something else.
What lesson for you? And myself?
Save yourselves from getting fraught
By recalling what you've been taught
Check which of you has bags, and where
Check table, under bed and chair
Stick address labels labels on each gift
Note where it is, each time you lift.
When you unpack, have a gifts place!
You'll save yourself a three-day chase
Nobody need apologise
Learn from mistakes, let's all be wise
Keep order, Calm down. Look around
Forget trouble. What's lost was found!
-ends-
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If you meet me and have one of my books with you I can sign it and write a rhyming couplet using your name, or the name of the person for whom you bought the book as a gift.
Review from purchaser
I giggled a lot reading your book.
Amparo, Harrovian Toastmasters International Speakers' Club, London.
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