The Right Tempo Poem by Keith Shorrocks Johnson

ROAD PATROL


I was on road patrol this term.
My team Hannah and Claire
Did a great job.

I was supposed to have been
With my ten-year old son
Theo and his mate Otis.

Theo said: "please dad don't
We'll be fine".

Anyhow, Hannah and Claire
Were always on time
And used the lollipops well

Weighing up the traffic
And the kids, mums and strollers
Carefully.

‘Poles out - Cross Now'
Looking left and right
And left again.

The one time I did it with Theo
He nearly totalled a toddler
With a lollipop backswing.

It's just a shame
That the world is not run
By ten-year old girls.