Lastic Bands

I'm sitting here tea in hand
Playing with a rubber band,

I pull and pull and then, Oh my!
It snaps and hits me in the eye,

I throw the blessed thing away
And vow with them, no more to play,

So make good use of idle hands
And DO NOT play with 'lastic bands.

(Written 1996)

poem by John Carter Brown
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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