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THE BLUE BOOGALOO

BLUE BOOGALOO

He’s big, bad and ugly, he’s looking for you!

So RUN! RUN AWAY! From the

BLUE BOOGALOO

Is he in the kitchen, the bedroom - the loo?

NO! He hides in the cupboard, just waiting for you!

He says that good children are too hard to chew

So only bites bad kids (don’t let it be you!)

So better behave and be good, for it’s true -

Good children are safe from the BLUE BOOGALOO

But if you’re getting frightened, then here’s what to do

To make him much smaller, shout “ABRACADOO

He’ll still look quite nasty - and smell (what a phew!)

But he’ll just be the size of the sole of your shoe.

Keep him in your pencil case, like a small zoo

And show all your friends your pet BLUE BOOGALOO

Now don’t do what I did when I captured two

I said the wrong magic word - “KALAMAZOO"

The pair started growing, they grew and they grew

As big as a house they were - what could I do?

Then I tried an old Scottish spell “Tatties and Mince!”

They both vanished “Pop-Pop” and I’ve not seen them since!

But sometimes, on stormy nights, there’s a strange smell

Half-asleep I look out and I let out a yell

For there in the lightning’s flash - can it be true?

Standing in the rain - watching - is the --------------------------

 

— Tam the Chanter, Jun 29, 2009

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Ravenshakti

Ravenshakti

16 years 11 months ago

ABRACADOO!!! And Words of Power!

My Dearest Tam the Chanter, Now, here are some Words of Power! (to keep us all from going Sour!) This is a sweet and magickal poem. Your words weave brightly; they put a big smile on my face, and a little dance in my feet. PS And about this "Tatties and Mince" Scottish spell... I have a great desire to learn... I love this, Ian...and remain, Enchanted! Raven
Tam the Chanter

Tam the Chanter

16 years 11 months ago

Tatties and mince

A well - known part of the Scottish diet . Basically mashed potatoes (tatties) and minced beef (mince). Thank you for your kind words, I love writing children's verse. Kindest Regards Ian T
Ravenshakti

Ravenshakti

16 years 11 months ago

"Tatties and mince"

I knew it was a dish with Potatoes... "tatties" like "taters". I wasn't sure about the "mince". Thank you. Raven
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

16 years 11 months ago

I feel I must...

give this piece five stars as it is delightfully entertaining and most fanciful! Good work! Always, Cat
Tam the Chanter

Tam the Chanter

16 years 11 months ago

CATS

Thank you for your kind comments; I have written a poem for my granddaughters about next door neighbour's cat - I hope you like it , once again thanks Kindest Regards Ian T
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 11 months ago

I’d love to hear this in

I'd love to hear this in the spoken word! Puleezeeeeeeeeeeeee? ~A p.s. When I was in high school I wrote about a blue boohoo who kept me from writing a poem about school. Hadn't thought about it years. "There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic." Anais Nin
Tam the Chanter

Tam the Chanter

16 years 11 months ago

blue boogaloo

you really don't want to hear this in my scot's accent. There are the usual differences, in fact I have a small poem which doesn't work because you say "zeee" and we say "zed" as follows (say "zed" for a "z") There's a red A to Z Who sleeps under my bed He keeps me awake with his snoreeeeezzz etc. etc.
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 11 months ago

Ok. May I ask once again,

Ok. May I ask once again, pleazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz? ~A "There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic." Anais Nin

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