13/6/18 – Olsen

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
Always shared their things.

Recycling bins, Ryvita thins
And countless drawing pins.
Baked bean tins, jugs of gin
And a love of newspaper spin.

These two twins shared everything
Which made Ashley’s secret hard to keep in.

“Look!” she buckled, opening a bag one day,
“It’s my collection of strangers’ skin!”

“My God!” said Mary-Kate, with a nervous grin,
“I too collect bags of skin!”

The sisters laughed,
Emptied their bags in the bath
And hugged before both dived in.

© Carl Burkitt 2018

10/6/18 – Hurley

Elizabeth Hurley was feeling all surly.
She was snappy and bitey
And well up for a fighty.
She didn’t like her urge to find things to kick
And walls to scale,
Until finally her wiser head prevailed.
She thought: ‘Yeah it’s good to be up,
But it’s natural to sometimes be down,
So rather than force a smile,
I think I’ll embrace today’s little frown’.

© Carl Burkitt 2018