My Home Remedies Poem by VICTORIA GEORGE

I was reading the paper today
A bit about home remed-ies
I’d make some to sell on e-Bay
After all, how hard could it be?

I went scouting about in the park
And found the items I need
Dandelion, foxglove and tree bark
And other varieties of weeds

I boiled all this up in a wok
With feverfew and lem-on grass
I then cooled and siphoned the lot
Into bottles of navy blue glass

I sold it for ten quid a jar
As a slimming aid if you are stout
Ingrown toenails and nasal catarrh
And a cure for scabies and gout

I didn’t know how it would go
But I managed to sell all my jars
All I can think is It just goes to show
How gullible some people are!

copyright Victoria George