Watcha Cooking Up Don?

 

Preamble

 

I have been asked to write a Saturday poem on cooking.  Here is my contribution.

 

Watcha cooking up Don?

This Saturday, for fun

This week's theme is cooking

Swiss Missy's gone, she's done

 

Watcha cooking up Don?

This Saturday for us?

You've 'ready done a miracle

Creating WOL's FUN BUS

 

We know you had some help

No poet is an isle

Except maybe Em Dickinson

With you, it was et al

 

Watcha cooking up Don?

On hotplate of your mind

Are your neurons cooking

Cooking what they find?

 

Watcha cooking up Don?

You've cloned a sis for Tina

You called her Gina (miracle man)

But Brian has never seen her?

 

To explain

 

Tina was Brian Maryon's creation

To me she was lonely and needed a sister

Tina/Gina ? Why not?

Brian went on holidays to a sunny isle

I told him Gina was waiting for him.

He went bike riding looking for her

Missed her. Such is the life of Brian

 

To continue

 

Watcha cooking up Don?

From your manic mind

Balance Comic Serious

But don't get in a bind

 

Watcha cooking up Don?

Your neurons we can hear

Hear from you 10,000 miles

Racing here, top gear

 

Gosh Don, you're on fire

Watcha cooking up?

Don't wanna burn your brain out

'Cause a big ture-rup

 

More explain

 

If no words fit I invent one

Just reverse ture-up

 

More continue

 

So watcha cooking up Don?

You've finally settled down

Hello? FUN BUS HQ?

Don's 'bout to go to town?

 

Now this does sound exciting

They say more trips are planned

With driver Don and Tina/Gina

Tending bar, womaned

 

With FUN BUS on the road

There should be lots of room

To load up fun and laughter

(But none for doom and gloom)

 

gin and tonic?....thankyou Tina

 

Don Matthews August 2018

 

We have been fortunate enough to get film of Brian cooking up a storm.

Shit Brian!  I know we are both silly but did you have to go to such extremes?  That little lobster!  And that poor bird at the end - you could've left the window open a bit more!

I will give you that cake-trip-upper stunt.  The guests would've loved it.

To top it off your flaming death-defying leap over the balcony into the swimming pool left me speechless!  How on earth did you stage that?  A stuntman could not have done any better.  I'm sure your self-combusting wife would be proud of you.

We all look forward to your next performance.