A Little Silly Frog-2

There was a little silly frog

he just loved to sprawl on a log

he did have a home sweet home  

it was really a mansion with a dome

but at home he was never at ease

for half the time he was on his knees

he wished to relax but didn’t dare

his wife loved to ceaselessly blare

she would ask him to take a broom

and to quickly sweep every room

and then he had to cook the meal

and she loved only well-cooked veal

he would then run to laundry and store

and keep saying he loved every chore

and if ever the wife felt upbeat

she would let him touch her feet

you would think that she was a bully

but she said she loved him truly

silly frog was scared of her love

and wished she would act like a dove

it was great fun to lie on the log

and not to slave, sweat and slog

but he could never leave his home

and he could rarely wander and roam.

©i b arora

A Silly Little Frog

a silly little frog

was lying on a log

he was sad and glum

he was the unlucky one

he was getting married

but that made him worried

the bride was a bully

and she loved him truly

but the frog was scared

for the bride hadn’t spared

her earlier bride grooms

who were left in the rooms

with some broken legs

and bumps on their heads

the last one got roasted

when he had boasted

that he would beat her

if she did not call him ‘Sir’

the bride lost her cool

she put him on a stool

and looked him in his eyes

everyone heard his cries

but she acted like a dove

for she was in love

with a silly little frog

who was lying on a log

worrying how it would end

for he couldn’t pretend  

that he could  love

a bully acting like a dove.

©i b arora