BABY SHOWER

By Joan Wilson

A baby shower for a new mom to be
Very useful presents for all to see
Baby oil and powder to keep the skin so sweet
Bibs and napkins and nice crib sheets
Are but a few of the gifts that will be given
To this beautiful baby – your gift from heaven.

And when you give birth to this bundle of joy
It’ll make no difference if it’s a girl or boy.
Just so it’s O.K. and you’re feeling fine
You can relax and sleep ‘til it’s feeding time.

“AVON CALLING”

By Joan Wilson

“Avon calling,” says the lady
As she knocked upon the door
“Avon calling,” I repeated
As I moved across the floor.

A pretty lady entered
Wearing quite a happy smile
And dressed so neat and tidy
So like the Avon style.

An Avon bag she carried
With orders big and small
Each order had a name attached
Which I was asked to call.

As the ladies took their orders
We nearly all took flight
For a great big spider jumped out the bag
And gave us all a fright.

Was this the Avon spider?
I really have my doubts
For when he ran across my desk
You could’ve heard my shouts.

For Avon doesn’t sell creepy crawly things
But very nice jewelery like bracelets and rings
They even sell stuffed teddy bears and tiny ornaments
Finger nail polish and quite a variety of scents.

So where in the world was this spider trying to get? Did he ever dream that he’d live to regret,
Chancing a trip in the Avon lady’s bag?
That long leg spider sure ran into a snag.