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Pauline's Air Fryer Blues

by Richard

−0.2749 − 0.1965i

Drawing the boundary…

Disobedience

by A. A. Milne

−0.2692 − 0.1767i

Drawing the boundary…

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Pauline's Air Fryer Blues

by Richard

Pauline's got a gadget but she ain't impressed
Got an air fryer sittin and it gives her no rest
Eighty-five years and she's seen it all
But this contraption's the bane of her hall

Every recipe's a mystery wrapped in smoke
She's got no patience for this modern bloke
Knobs and buttons makin' her feel weak
She misses her stove that's genuine antique

Pauline’s air fryer givin her strife
Stirrin up trouble in her peaceful life
She’s a classic lady in a techy world
Old-fashioned ways make her feel like a girl

Rememberin the days of a trusty old pan
Long before machines made meals so bland
With every beep she rolls her eyes
Wishing for simpler times under the skies

Neighbors rave about this modern might
But Pauline keeps waging her personal fight
She's got no love for this fancy toy
Her fried chicken now brings no joy

Broken recipes and burnt mistakes
Every air fryer meal her heart it breaks
She's a culinary queen from back in the day
Now this gizmo makes her kitchen a fray

Disobedience

by A. A. Milne

James James
Morrison Morrison
Weatherby George Dupree
Took great
Care of his Mother,
Though he was only three.
James James
Said to his Mother,
"Mother," he said, said he;
"You must never go down to the end of the town, if you don't go down with me."

James James
Morrison's Mother
Put on a golden gown,
James James
Morrison's Mother
Drove to the end of the town.
James James
Morrison's Mother
Said to herself, said she:
"I can get right down to the end of the town and be back in time for tea."

King John
Put up a notice,
"LOST or STOLEN or STRAYED!
JAMES JAMES
MORRISON'S MOTHER
SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN MISLAID.
LAST SEEN
WANDERING VAGUELY:
QUITE OF HER OWN ACCORD,
SHE TRIED TO GET DOWN TO THE END OF THE TOWN—FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD!"

James James
Morrison Morrison
(Commonly known as Jim)
Told his
Other relations
Not to go blaming him.
James James
Said to his Mother,
"Mother," he said, said he;
"You must never go down to the end of the town without consulting me."

(Now then, very softly)

James James
Morrison's mother
Hasn't been heard of since.
King John
Said he was sorry,
So did the Queen and Prince.
King John
(Somebody told me)
Said to a man he knew:
"If people go down to the end of the town, well, what can anyone do?"

J.J.
M. M.
W. G. Du P.
Took great
C/o his M*****
Though he was only 3.
J.J.
Said to his M*****
"M*****," he said, said he:
"You-must-never-go-down-to-the-end-of-the-town-if-you-don't-go-down-with ME!"

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