H'work for w/e 26.6.21 - BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:37 am
BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE ... Maureen Clifford © The #ScribblyBarkPoet
There's a winter wrap up happening around our Southern Land
as temperatures plummet around the nation
and the scarves, ugg boots and beanies reappear across the land
along with Oodies - the latest sensation
of clothing to warm us up as we shiver and we shake
they're hardly garments styled to perfection
but for warmth they can't be beaten - they are warm and cuddly
the very latest form of warmth protection.
We Queenslanders especially find cold weather quite daunting
once the temperature drops 'neath twenty four.
We are covered in sunshine for most months of the year
and our blood is thin and cold tolerance poor.
I could not retire in Sydney for the cold would do me in
though the harbour waters do somewhat appeal.
I could never be a cockroach for my blood's coloured maroon
and the cold down there could see it all congeal.
You can keep the snow that's falling as we speak up in Blackheath,
and Guyra and those Upper Hunter regions
whilst I've no desire to go to see the snow at Perisher -
I'll share the love in other warmer seasons.
I've never had the urge to travel once to climates cold
nor have I understood the fascination
that Aussies have with snow - although it is pure 'tourist gold'
which draws its share of human adulation.
No! I'm staying here in Queensland where at least the days are warm
though the nighttime temperatures do quickly fall.
Sheepskin Ugg boots I am wearing, so my tootsies are quite warm
whilst my Oodie I am wearing over all.
I'm a wuss and I admit it - and I'm worse now I am old
the cold weather once concerned me not at all
but I find that like a bear, now I just want to hibernate
for the winter weather does not me enthrall.
There's a winter wrap up happening around our Southern Land
as temperatures plummet around the nation
and the scarves, ugg boots and beanies reappear across the land
along with Oodies - the latest sensation
of clothing to warm us up as we shiver and we shake
they're hardly garments styled to perfection
but for warmth they can't be beaten - they are warm and cuddly
the very latest form of warmth protection.
We Queenslanders especially find cold weather quite daunting
once the temperature drops 'neath twenty four.
We are covered in sunshine for most months of the year
and our blood is thin and cold tolerance poor.
I could not retire in Sydney for the cold would do me in
though the harbour waters do somewhat appeal.
I could never be a cockroach for my blood's coloured maroon
and the cold down there could see it all congeal.
You can keep the snow that's falling as we speak up in Blackheath,
and Guyra and those Upper Hunter regions
whilst I've no desire to go to see the snow at Perisher -
I'll share the love in other warmer seasons.
I've never had the urge to travel once to climates cold
nor have I understood the fascination
that Aussies have with snow - although it is pure 'tourist gold'
which draws its share of human adulation.
No! I'm staying here in Queensland where at least the days are warm
though the nighttime temperatures do quickly fall.
Sheepskin Ugg boots I am wearing, so my tootsies are quite warm
whilst my Oodie I am wearing over all.
I'm a wuss and I admit it - and I'm worse now I am old
the cold weather once concerned me not at all
but I find that like a bear, now I just want to hibernate
for the winter weather does not me enthrall.