Put the kettle on
my darling
put the kettle on
over the smoldering fire
in the air so dry
Put the kettle on
my darling
let’s have tea
Put the kettle on
my darling
put the kettle on
in the sunlight coldly filtered
I’ve a book upon my knee
Put the kettle on
my darling
let’s have tea
Put the kettle on
my darling
put the kettle on
it shall sing of steamy tropics
steeping our exotic leaves
Put the kettle on
my darling
let’s have tea
Put the kettle on
my darling
put the kettle on
Our cups are clean and do not match
But hold their drink so well
Put the kettle on
my darling
let’s have tea
Put the kettle on
my darling
put the kettle on
I shall fill the plate with biscuits
and drape this afghan on your chair
Put the kettle on
my darling
if it so you please
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This was written as part of Days of Grey, a daily writing project in which anyone can participate. Just go follow the page. A prompt image will be posted to it each day throughout the month of February, meant to inspire bright, warm, happy fictions – or poetry, haikus, memoir essays, visual poetry – anything to get the mind focused on warmth and light and joy.
The Day One image is from fukumix on Flickr, shared under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs Creative Commons license. The original image can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fukumix/4452576461/ Per the license, if you reshare this image along with what your write from this prompt, please keep the attribution info intact.
