Bucket Tales: Bucket's Splinter Poem by H E Alexander

Davy Bucket bought a ticket
to see a wooden puppet show,
'twas deep midwinter and he got a splinter
as Pinocchio's wooden nose grew!

Now you may think that to cause a stink
about a wooden splinter, de trop,
but I have heard that the injury occurred
when Davy bent to pick up some dough!

A local doc looked at the clock
and realised there wasn't much time,
but to leave the cause where it was
would be such a heinous crime!

The poor doctor then called for a 'coptor
to take Davy to the ER,
but fog came down and the chopper was ground
coz the pilot couldn't see very far.

"Well, nothing for it", the doctor thought,
"I'll remove the foreign object myself,
but, alas, poor chap (even without a mishap) ,
this won't be very good for his health! "

Not sure he was able, doc put Davy on a table
and prepared him for the gruesome act,
but as he got his tweezers, he made several loud sneezes
forcing the splinter deeper on impact!

So, not possible now, to remove the splinter anyhow,
Davy had to man up to the pain,
but, alas and alack, it's much worse than that,
coz he'll never sit down again!