'I don't know about you, sunshine, <br />But I think it's getting worse... <br />There was a time I thought things fine, <br />But now it's like a curse...' <br /> <br />'Us meerkats, always running round... <br />And looking left and right, <br />And scared to death of every sound, <br />Nerves shattered day and night! ' <br /> <br />'The kids don't care! It's all a game! <br />We get no sympathy! <br />The faces change, yet life's the same <br />And that's what's bugging me! ' <br /> <br />'Variety's the spice of life! <br />That's what the humans say! <br />But all I see is pain and strife... <br />Constant running away! ' <br /> <br />'Just look at these short legs I've got, <br />I was taller last year! <br />And why must it always be hot? <br />Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear! ' <br /> <br />'The humans drink Pepsi and Coke! <br />I think we should complain! <br />God, this is a terrible joke! ' <br />Then it poured down with rain... <br /> <br /> <br />More Stephen Gayford poems here: <br />denis-martindale-dot-blogspot-dot-com<br /><br />Denis Martindale<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ain-t-life-tedious/
