A Hard Road to Hoe
Illustration by Geoff Cook
Yes it is very clearly a hard row to hoe
If a road’s being broken apart,
And why do they say that they went “whoa to go”
When we know they began at the start?
When a racehorse is jumping clean out of his skin,
As they do when they’re healthy and fit,
No matter how hungry that champ is to win
He’s unlikely to “chomp” at the bit!
And some lax people simply repeat what they’ve heard,
So sometimes they don’t say what they mean.
But note lackadaisical’s oddly a word
In which “lax” shouldn’t be heard or seen.
It’s a hard “road” to hoe to learn English well
When you’re trying to learn it from some,
Whose whole generation was not taught to spell
And thought grammar was their mother’s mum!
© Copyright Greg Shalless – 2009
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