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wasnt sure how i would like to open up my blog for the world but this poem has infected my mind and i can’t spend a day without re-reading it.

LEWIS CARROLL
1832-1898

HUMPTY DUMPTY’S SONG

In winter, when the fields are white,
I sing this song for your delight -

In spring, when the woods are getting green,
I’ll try and tell you what I mean.

In summer, when the days are long,
Perhaps you’ll understand the song:

In autumn, when the leaves are brown,
Take pen and ink, and write it down.

I sent a message to a fish:
I told them ‘This is what I wish.’

The little fishes of the sea
Then sent an answer back to me.

The little fishes’ andswer was
‘We cannot do it, Sir, because -

I sent to them again to say
‘It will be better to obey.’

The fishes answered with a grin
‘Why, what a temper you are in!’

I told them once, I told them twice:
They would not listen to advice.

I took a kettle large and new,
Fit for the deed I had to do.

My heart when hop, my heart went thump;
I filled the kettle at the pump.

Then some one came to me and said
‘The little fishes are in bed.’

I said to him, I said it plain,
‘Then you must wake them up again.’

I said it very loud and clear;
I went and shouted in his ear.

But he was very stiff and proud;
He said ‘You needn’t shout so loud!’

And he was very proud and stiff;
He said ‘I’d go and wake them, if -‘

I took a corkscrew from the shelf:
I went to wake them up myself.

And when I found the door was locked,
I pulled and pushed and kicked and knocked.

And when i found the door was shut
I tried to turn the handle, but -


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