Snoring

 

 

It can be quite annoying

I mean a dripping tap

Especially if you are trying to sleep

It can really set you back.

 

The sweetest person in my life

At nights when she’s asleep,

Her snore tells me she is alive

I find that very sweet.

 

She doesn’t want to wake me up

That’s like her for sure,

So in keeping with her temperament

She has this drip, drip snore.

 

 

Now, if you are awake

You might not get to sleep,

But if you go in before she does

That is all well and sweet.

 

It is a slow and rhythmic pulse

With a slight opening of the lips,

Occurring when she exhales

The drip is none too quick.

 

Enough of my considerate wife

Now to some other snores,

Snores of a wide variety

But I’ll mention just two more.

 

There is a snore that’s outright bass

It comes from deep, deep down,

If the floor is the wooden type

It shakes everything around.

 

Only one can sleep through this

The person who’s to blame,

He’s the one that gets to rest

While he drives everyone else insane.

 

Then there is the whistle snore

This one is like the howling wind,

It blows and blows all night through

That snore makes quite a din.

 

 

And indeed it is the wind

It stirs both pillow and sheet,

And if you lie beside that one

It will also stir your cheek.

 

This could be good on a very hot night

Like the ones we are currently having,

The pillow would be dry, that’s for sure

Since there wouldn’t be any sweating.

 

 I know I said two but I’ll give you three

I just can’t leave out this snore,

You’ll get the oilcan to oil the hinge

You’ll think it’s a squeaking door.

 

Think of the snore that’s like the wind

And then, think of the squeaking door

A drip, drip, drip of a little oil

Will stop all three of these snores.

 

Stewart Russell © September, 2023