Your house is like a witch\u2019s cave,<\/p>\n
Which trust me, my friend, is just not okay,<\/p>\n
My aunt found one, so I know it\u2019s true,<\/p>\n
She said it looked like gutter clutter and smelled of woodshop glue.<\/p>\n
Still she strode in, not her brightest decision,<\/p>\n
(If you have any question, you can go ask my cousin,<\/p>\n
Who knows Auntie Sal plays a bit off key,<\/p>\n
just hear her pound the piano or taste her fire ant tea)<\/p>\n
She had just laid her hand on a knobby old broom,<\/p>\n
To feel the silk of the wood, I assume,<\/p>\n
When out from the kitchen came a terrible sound,<\/p>\n
A clanging and banging and bark of a hound,<\/p>\n
\u201cLord \u2018a mercy, dost that belong to you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Came the billowy voice that sounded quite blue,<\/p>\n
Not the deep indigo of depression, I think,<\/p>\n
More bright like the Gatorade I like to drink,<\/p>\n
Which tastes icy cold, even when not from the fridge,<\/p>\n
Which must be part of the flavor\u2019s sweet rizz\u2026<\/p>\n
So screeched the voice which scared my poor aunt<\/p>\n
Who in all desperation began a small rant,<\/p>\n
\u201cHow can you live in a house so unkempt!<\/p>\n
Or find anything in one or any attempt?<\/p>\n
What you need is a maid or someone to clean-<\/p>\n
You can\u2019t possibly have guests in a cave so obscene!\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And, yes, my dear Calla, I put this to you,<\/p>\n
Because sadly, at least from my point of view,<\/p>\n
Your rooms resemble an abandoned old alley,<\/p>\n
Where no one in their right mind would dally,<\/p>\n
If you don\u2019t do something to change your ways,<\/p>\n
You will likely end up in a cluttery craze,<\/p>\n
With rats in your sheets and bugs in your ears,<\/p>\n
A fate to be listed up high in your fears\u2014<\/p>\n
For what of the witch who, not heeding my aunt,<\/p>\n
Threw out the old women and sang a weird taunt:<\/p>\n
\u201cOf all those who think they know best,<\/p>\n
Trespasser\u2019s at least should give it a rest,<\/p>\n
Because they don\u2019t know who might curse their own chairs.\u201d<\/p>\n
With that the witch cackled and turned to the stairs.<\/p>\n
And what sat on the step 3 feet from the top?<\/p>\n
But a sorry balloon that had already popped.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And now you can see how this sad tale will end:<\/p>\n
A witch in a heep on the floor with no friend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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