Oh neighbor can you help me get down
I climbed up into this tree to get fruit
A lizard climbed up my leg I got hooked
The cheeky crawly scary little coot

I'll go and het my ladder from the shed
No just let me stand on your shoulder
That way I'll get down in no time at all
Your strong and not all that much older

She stepped onto my shoulders we fell
Spread right across the garden below
Sitting flat and heavy on my upper half
Oh I am so sorry I mean it sincerely so

Covered in the fruit she'd picked up there
Not a chance I had that I could as if stand
She wriggled as to get herself up on her feet
I cannot get up she then explained feet in sand

She then took hold of the base of the fruit tree
And then she slowly turned herself around
No no no don't do that came a muffled as if cry
This won't take long she said myself on the ground

She said have an apple but two others hung as well
I grabbed them as to free myself covering my eyes
Her wiggling and jiggling riggling laughing too
Groaning amongst her giggling giving forth of sighs

She fell flat on me saying we'll just roll over some
Then all it should be well a great idea sounds good
So we did that and that was it still clinging for safety
Like two blocks of as if unchopped  wood

I met her down the street one day later on shopping
One of her girlfriends said oh you two have already met
I turned a funny shade of red and almost choked
Oh yes she said met him in our garden close as two can get

terrence michael sutton
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