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Magic merit badge August

Go back to sleep, dear Zombie

Early to bed early to rise...
means that you're not dead... yet;
but, you will be if you're not wise
and dare to bet

that I'm forgiving,
that I'll forget
come Thanksgiving,
and not chop off your head

as you leave the Land of the Living
on you way to ... instead
of those Pearly Gates
with you name engraved in lead

on your headstone, too late
to fall down on your knees
to admit you made a mistake
and woke up a Zombie,

too late to yell stop!
or cry please, please, please.
But, it's never too early to let me drop,
go back to sleep

to dream of lollipops
and unicorns that weep
instead of that surprise
that woke up the dead, you creep!

© Kåre Enga 2024 (30.august.2024)

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For August 2024 Theme 1 "early to bed, early to rise" "Merit Badge Magic"