The Sliding Board Caper

by damommy

We went out to the park today,
‘cause it’s my favorite place to play.
I said, “Oh, Daddy, ride the slide.
You’ll have such fun when down you glide”
As he went up, I stood aside.
He had an apple in his mouth,
when he flew north, the fruit flew south.

The sliding board with its big hump,
right in the middle, made a bump.
He didn’t know, I hadn’t told,
but bless his heart, he didn’t scold.
It was so funny to behold
he had an apple in his mouth,
when he flew north, the fruit flew south.

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#1294
2019

This is a true story. I realized in later years that my daddy was just putting on a show for me.

The Sevenelle is:
- stanzaic, written in no less than 2 septets, each made up of a rhymed couplet, tercet and couplet in that order.
- rhymed, aabbbCC ddeeeCC etc.
- composed with L6&L7 of the first stanza repeated as refrain in the last 2 lines of all subsequent stanzas.

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The Sliding Board Caper

by damommy

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