The Inkwell

Headline writers

plaster the news across the town

“Summers on the way”

the trees explode with foliage

providing possible shade

for sun worshippers in their pastel dresses

enjoying a cake and a bottle of pop

with their little uns in their sun hats

Butterflies dance

around the primary colours

looking for sweetness

in flowers on the lawn

sometimes they land on a flower

sometimes they land on a human

the little uns point

at the flight path of the

humble butterfly

the butterfly responds

landing on a little uns hand

or a big uns summer hat

Polka dot dresses

can confuse a butterfly

particularly

when a lemonade bottle

releases its contents

into the air

Bottles Pop, as the bubbles push

and the lemonade sends the cork

shortly into the air

colliding back into the bottle

as you enjoy the zesty zing

Bubbles float up the nose

responding with a sneeze

greeting the butterflies

that land on the picnic blanket

there’s a giggle

It Tickles!