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The world ends tomorrow! I’m out of my favourite biscuits!

Uvebruce
2 min readSep 25, 2020
McVites Milk Chocolate Biscuit – Pic by author

Old Mother Hubbard

Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard,

To fetch her poor dog a bone.

But when she got there the cupboard was bare,

And so the poor dog had none.

New Mother Hubbard

She ‘dog and boned’ up an Amazon, enquired re a drone,

To deliver her biscuits, for she was alone.

She was in lockdown in a far off land,

Of home she would think as she made a last stand!

I’m stuck in Milan, Covid being the cause,

I must get more biscuits, there’s no time to pause!

My weight has expanded poor bitch that I am,

Bad news, and masks … oh I’m so not a fan,

I’ve worn holes in socks … as I pace up and down, … ‘tis worry, no biscuits and I can’t go to town!

But biscuits are comfort and more are in need,

Or the world ends tomorrow, please all, all take heed!

McVities Milk Chocolate Biscuits according to the World Health Organisation and The Donald … are a No. 1 cure for…

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Uvebruce
Uvebruce

Written by Uvebruce

Brand Nerd. Waiting for the fat lady to sing ! Dyslexic - is it there or their. Passionate about making time to just think!! Sadly thinking hasn’t helped much.

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