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I only had one humbug

 

I only had one humbug

 

I only had one humbug and now I have no teeth.

Of course first, I ate the whole top layer of a chocolate box (and the one beneath)

But I only had one humbug and now I have no teeth.

I might have eaten four slightly sickly sticky apples I won on the tombola

Drunk three extra large and fizzy bottles of full fat cherry cola

Had the whole top layer of the chocolate box and the one beneath

But I only had one humbug and now I have no teeth.

Perhaps the six marshmallow cornflake cakes were in fact a big mistake

As were five finger fudge biscuits that I had just before break

The four slightly sickly sticky apples won on the tombola

The three extra large and fizzy bottles of full fat cherry cola

The whole top layer of the chocolate box and the one beneath

But I only had one humbug and now I have no teeth.

It’s true few could resist the eight party packs of sugar coated sours

Or seven super gobstoppers that each lasted seven hours

Perhaps the six marshmallow cornflake cakes were a big mistake

As were five finger fudge biscuits that I had just before break

The four slightly sickly sticky apples won on the tombola

The three extra large and fizzy bottles of full fat cherry cola

The whole top layer of the chocolate box and the one beneath

But I only had one humbug and now I have no teeth.

Ok the ten months without flossing may have played a part

And the nine years I forgot to brush were far from a good start

To those eight irresistible party packs of sugar coated sours

Or seven super gobstoppers that lasted seven hours

The six marshmallow cornflake cakes that were a clear mistake

And the five finger fudge biscuits that I had just before break

The four slightly sickly sticky apples won on the tombola

The three extra large and fizzy bottles of full fat cherry cola

The whole top layer of the chocolate box and the one beneath

But I only had ONE HUMBUG and now I have no teeth.

◄ Poverty is a poor excuse for a paucity of poetry,

Do you have to dress smart to make wise? ►

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