<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367524" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Siesta Time</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lioness was much more wise<br>Than two cubs in her charge, <br>For one of them had droopy eyes<br>As sleep was looming large...<br>His little head was heading south<br>And Mum was smirking now, <br>A crooked smile across her mouth, <br>A frown upon her brow...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The other cub was somewhat still, <br>Propped up with sturdy limbs, <br>But pretty soon he'd lose the will<br>Just as the sunshine dims...<br>But sleepy head was sinking fast, <br>His jaw upon the rocks, <br>His eyelids heavy at half mast, <br>Like gormless Goldilocks! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mum shook her head yet didn't growl, <br>He had to learn one day, <br>He had no need to fight just scowl<br>To scare something away...<br>Just bare the teeth, just stare them out, <br>Make sure they know he's cross! <br>No need to chase them all about! <br>Just let them know who's boss! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, September 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Siesta Time'. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">More Stephen Gayford poems here: <br>denis-martindale-dot-blogspot-dot-com</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367524" data-title="Siesta Time de Denis Martindale" data-description="The lioness was much more wise Than two cubs in her charge, For one of them had droopy eyes As sleep was looming large... His little head was heading south And Mum was smirking now, A crooked smile across her mouth, A frown upon her brow... Th..."></div> </div> </div>

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