A Naughty Tale

Spunky was a simple monkey

 but he had crook of a tail.

Tail was long and a bit naughty

and there hangs a funny tale.

 Tail enjoyed to twirl and play

 it loved to swing and sway.

It wouldn’t heed the monkey

and would often go astray.

 Tail liked to twist and turn

when Spunky wanted to sleep.

 On his back it would squirm

and worm like it would creep.

When Spunky sat for lunch

tail would give a nasty punch.

Nothing at all he could do

 even if  he had some hunch.

Spunky tried to mend his tail

but it was to no avail.

Instead tail enjoyed the fray

new tricks it learned to play.

 Spunky is now in real soup

 he feels like a bird in a coop.

He does every biding of his tail

that is how it is a funny tale.

©i b arora