Depending on your point of view, <br />If you think they're first rate, <br />We know what lion cubs can do, <br />But triplets can be great! <br />Yes, lion cubs are little tykes! <br />Three rascals can be fun... <br />With each cub doing as he likes, <br />Till he sleeps in the sun... <br /> <br />They're nodding off... plum tuckered out... <br />Yet they don't want to snooze! <br />They'd rather pounce and jump about, <br />With cunning, cruise and bruise... <br />They'd rather scratch and bite and roar, <br />Cause chaos for a while... <br />Than simply, merely, humbly snore... <br />And lose all sense of style. <br /> <br />The other cubs aren't tired yet, <br />They slowly bide their time... <br />For some revenge they'll swiftly get <br />And won't that feel sublime? <br />The triplets haven't got a prayer! <br />They've got to go to sleep! <br />The other cubs are well aware... <br />As they, their vigil, keep! <br /> <br /> <br />Denis Martindale, copyright, November 2010. <br /> <br /> <br />The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br />by Stephen Gayford called 'Triplets'. <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/triplets/
