.5. Careful Poem by David Threadgold

Needle in a haystack seek
Find what you once had lost
Mind not your search be fruitless
Don’t try to count the cost

Don’t overload your camel
Make sure you leave some slack
Straw can be quite heavy
One can break a camel’s back

Build well your home on mortar
Not straw like other nations
Remember wind and rainfall
Can destroy infirm foundations

Read all that you sign closely
For transactions records keep
Get everything you’ve paid for
And look before you leap

Always keep a jumper
For warmth when it gets colder
But the message is this older head
Won’t fit your younger shoulder


© 2008 David Threadgold
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