Poetry Jam Swim, swam, swum

 Swim, swam, swum

A child’s verse might read like this;

‘We swim and then we swam,

And we all swam in jam,

And I have swum with mum,

And I cannot do my sum,

And I wish playtime would come

And then I can finish this.’

While children may stumble

With language and number,

It’s easy to fix

When they’re only six,

But adults just flounder,

Seeking much sounder

Constructions and quick

Resolutions to counter

Solutions of problems they

Never intended.

More loans to atone

For the money they’ve borrowed

Lead only to furrowed

Foreheads and low moans

Till matters are mended.

Micawber’s advice

Is nice and precise;

Spend less than you make

And then you won’t quake

When charges are due.

Spend more than you take?

Your dreams will be raked

With worry and sorrow and rue.


'The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday - but never jam today' - except here!