Promptly 4, 5 and 6

For Jonathan

For Jonathan

My friend he lives in old Cape Town,
far off in southern hemisphere,
and so, for us, he’s upside down.

As kids we grew in Africa -
savanna heat don’t turn him brown,
too blond and pink to ever tan.

So now it really makes me frown
that he’s down there and I am here,
toes all iced in a northern town.


Line count: 9
Form: Magic 9
For Promptly Poetry Challenge 6, Week 8
Prompt: Magic 9 - Nine lines with the last word of each line rhyming with the scheme abacadaba.