Sock Monster

There’s a thing stealing socks in our dryer, we know,

It’s stealing them one by one;

It never grabs panties or stuff that won’t show,

It just grabbles up socks by the ton.

I get so depressed when I start to get dressed

With that hopeless, disastrous feeling;

I’m all the time late when I can’t find a mate,

Our sock pile goes up to the ceiling.

On a pretty good day there’s a black and a grey

And my pants meet my shoes real nice;

When everything’s right there’s a cream and a white

And people don’t even look twice.

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If I ever find that sock-grabbing thing

It better prepare to be dead;

I’ll stomp it to death with my stocking feet. . . .

A yellow one. And a red.

Lois Simmie