Welcome back chums to a special edition of my comedy blog. I
decided to do a little thought provoking poem for you all to read as you begin
your week and move into April. Hopefully it puts a smile on your face and gives
you a nice boost for the boring few days ahead. I wrote this in under 20
minutes and I haven’t edited it. I always say that your first draft is your
best draft so here it is in all of its raw untouched glory, enjoy...
My Humble Little Cabbage Patch (by Gareth Goodchild)
I started my business from scratch,
My humble little cabbage patch.
They grew and grew,
As my profits did too,
Now I have a bigger vegetable batch.
A calendar year comes round,
And people come to spend their pounds.
They love my greens,
And so it seems,
My patch grows the best cabbages around
A year passes before my eyes,
My plot now three times the size.
The customers pay,
And quite often they say,
I should expand and do more as demands rise.
Another year gone without alarm,
More crops and livestock add charm.
More bodies employed,
More paper destroyed,
And now my little patch is a farm.
12 months rotate as quickly as before,
Demand overtakes supply as profits soar.
My crops turn to gold,
My meat warms the cold,
As my products enter the supermarket’s big four.
52 weeks move on just like that,
A mansion replaces my flat.
A suit and tie,
No more driving, I fly,
As my business joins the racing rats.
Another year comes and goes,
Board members and lawyers trade blows.
New contracts are signed,
New markets entered blind,
My humble roots fade like melted snow.
Now it’s the present and I’m skint,
Defeated by crafty fine print.
The lawyers too smart,
Tore my estate apart,
The shine on my farm has a tint.
So with the remainder of my pounds,
A little patch in a plot I have found.
From the seeds I will sow,
My new crops will grow,
They will be the best cabbages around.
One thing to learn from this story told,
Is that you can grow your own world.
But when life kicks you down,
Take the smiles with the frowns,
And start again, come back stronger and reach for that gold.
Thanks for reading and have a good week J
