Bum's the Word
In between all the solemn men in suits
making earnest speeches
and weather forecasters cheerfully prophesying rain,
I wait for the commercial breaks, because
of the lovely BUMS that are in them!
Yes, BUMS! I said (in adverts for loo-paper.)
Some of those bums are round and innocent,
curved like a baby's cheek;
some bums are lean and ascetic
like the bums of saints.
There are shy bums and bold bums,
bums designed to have jeans stretched over them,
good-natured bums, bad-tempered bums,
bums that make one think of a summer morning,
intriguing bums, amusing bums - what a lot of posteriors!
Each bum is different, and unique
Why are no two bums alike?
That’s a problem for philosophers!
making earnest speeches
and weather forecasters cheerfully prophesying rain,
I wait for the commercial breaks, because
of the lovely BUMS that are in them!
Yes, BUMS! I said (in adverts for loo-paper.)
Some of those bums are round and innocent,
curved like a baby's cheek;
some bums are lean and ascetic
like the bums of saints.
There are shy bums and bold bums,
bums designed to have jeans stretched over them,
good-natured bums, bad-tempered bums,
bums that make one think of a summer morning,
intriguing bums, amusing bums - what a lot of posteriors!
Each bum is different, and unique
Why are no two bums alike?
That’s a problem for philosophers!
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