The Lazy Roof Poem by Gelett Burgess

The Lazy Roof

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The Roof it has a Lazy Time
A-Lying in the Sun;
The Walls, they have to Hold Him Up;
They do Not Have Much Fu

Gelett Burgess
Sunday, May 13, 2001
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Mary Power 05 December 2022

Love it! Brilliant humour: you get it or you don't 👍🏼

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Terry Craddock 28 April 2015

I loved the wit in this verse. Yet longed to know what the walls and roof did when it rained.

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Brian Jani 10 July 2014

what a very interesting subject to write about .nice one Gelett

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Brian Jani 10 July 2014

what a very interesting subject to write about .nice one Gelett

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