Here's Alison: A Dreary Day
Alison Ross writes of one of those grey, gloomy days when the best thing to do is go back to bed, turn on the electric blanket, and dream of sunny somewheres.
I think the Sun forgot
To get up today,
Or else it fell into the river,
And got washed away!
I can’t see a single sunbeam
Dancing in the light,
Just cold and murky fog,
That came down in the night!
I think that I’ll go back to bed
This dreary day will pass
If I’m not forever looking,
Through the window glass!
I’ll turn my electric blanket on
And file this day away
Dream I’m off to sunny somewhere
I don’t need a better day.
Above the cold and murky fog,
My thoughts with me can fly
To some warm and sunny island
Where on silky sand, I’ll lie
I’ll drink straight from a coconut,
And paddle in the tide,
I might even ask a dolphin
To take me for a ride!
And tomorrow if the Sun
Decides to up and shine,
The memory of my dream,
Can stay, and linger on!
