The reader of this poem
Is as cracked as a cup
As floppy as a flip-flop
As mucky as a pup
As troublesome as bubblegum
As brash as a brush
As bouncy as a double-tum
As quiet as a sshhh …
As sneaky as a witch’s spell
As tappy-toe as jazz
As empty as a wishing-well
As echoey as as as as as as … as … as …
As bossy as a whistle
As prickly as a pair
Of boots made out of thistles
And elephant hair
As vain as trainers
As boring as a draw
As smelly as a drain is
Outside the kitchen door
As fruitless as a cake of soap
As creeping-up as smoke
The reader of this poem, I hope,
Knows how to take a joke!