Said he to Nici, tongue-in-cheek, <br />ask your teacher if I may come into <br />class to help you with this task, Dad! <br />came her mock reply of shock, said <br />he to me, come and taste the new ice- <br />cream I made myself - it is delicious - <br /> <br />Heard the cat screeching, he is leaving <br />her with the dogs, see a dog twitching, he <br />is teasing Ratau the old by feeding Junior <br />all the bits of meat, hear pages turning <br />furiously, he is looking up where we <br />should go for a Western Cape <br /> <br />Flower show, he’s bursting with energy, <br />hear bloodcurdling cries and hysterical <br />sighs, he is watching sports, despair <br />about all our sports is killing him, but <br />he gets up with a smile - Now it is so <br />bad, I’ve become resigned <br /> <br />To failing everything on the grounds of <br />political prescriptions - never still, never <br />resigned to anything for long, always <br />planning another coup, a new scheme, <br />Martin the Menace…<br /><br />Margaret Alice<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/martin-the-menace/
