Comic Poems by Hazel Nutter: The Lost and Broken Umbrella (15)

Comic Poems by Hazel Nutter: The Lost and Broken Umbrella:  Red, bent umbrella. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. 

I've lost my broken umbrella 

I'm sure you are wondering why 

I have lost my broken umbrella

So now I can see the broken blue sky.

It was bent, it was broken

I took a photograph

A picture is just a token

Of what I will do for a laugh

It's in the heaven with fellas

Who steal the broken umbrellas

I cannot complain about the cost

Of one I picked up, broken, then lost

Most of the umbrellas

Which are lost then found

Were broken and abandoned

Left lying, misshapen on the ground

After I troubled to save it

And put the ends back on the spokes

And tried to bend the spoke that was bent

Please find it for me, dear folks. 

This is the post which I adore

I've learned the parts, know so much more

Tips or ferrules fit on the ribs

I learned from Quora, I don't fib

The handle's what holds up the stick

Which part is that? 

The runners running up and down

Unless its broken, spinning round

The stretchers break, hang down, as spikes

The canopy is what I like

Lace or patterned, or just plain

Or telling you the sponsor's name

It sometimes has a long brown stain

It might be black, or could be brown

Maybe the tab which clips hangs down

Just good enough to take to town?

The ribs arch out, sometimes folding

Down to the handle you're fiercely holding

When skies turn grey do not forget

Umbrellas mean you don't get wet

I hope today skies find you fine

And if it rains - hope you'll find mine

And, if it's broken, bring it back

Another twenty's what I lack.

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Copyright Angela Lansbury. 2022. December 1st.