Showing posts with label Christmas Poems. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas Poems. Show all posts

Saturday, December 23, 2023

‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE MURDER by Penny Hutson



 ‘Twas the night before murder when all through the book,

Not a character was plotting, not even the crook.

Reading page after page and absorbed with delight,

Every chapter expecting a murderous sight.

There I sat nestled all snug in my chair,

Reading my mystery book without care

My husband lay snoring aloud on the couch,

As I continued to read in a deepening slouch.

 

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