A Bored Poem - Written long ago…

Once upon a time

In a land far away

There was a sleepy village

Whose name was Jilmanway

 

The people of that village

Were always sleepy and droopy

And the children there had no toys to play with

So they played with dogs that had names like floopy

 

One fine day

When everyone was sleepy and taking a break,

A little boy called Andre

Suddenly became wide awake

 

The people then got worried

Wakefulness did not make them happy

For when someone awakened

They forgot to be sleepy

 

So they told little Andre

"Go to sleep, o little one"

For if u r awake in the day

For u night and day will become one!

 

But little Andre was adamant

He didn't like being sleepy

And so he went to the playground

And played with his cat Freepy

 

Andre and Freepy

Played the games of fun

And then evening came

And down went the sun

 

Tired and hungry Andre went home

And threw his dirty clothes in a heap

He then ate his supper: pasta from Rome

And promptly fell asleep.

Then the people of Jilmanway

Learnt an important lesson

That more than sleep, children need to play

And to discuss this, they had a discussion

 

"If Andre can play and then sleep

Then this the way I'd like to keep"

Said his father, his mother nodded and added too

"And I think this should be followed by you"

 

So everyone agreed to this one thing

And then every morning bells began to ring

All children went out to play

And the parents worked the entire day

 

The sleepy town of Jilmanway

Was not so sleepy anymore

The people went to work, the children to play

And so they renamed it as activity-ray.

 

Until next time…