She Swallowed A Fly

She Swallowed a Fly

There was a girl who lost her mind
It left her floating far behind
Which gave the grownups quiet a fright
So deftly in the dead of night
They sent her with alarming pace
To and unfamiliar place
Where she could be quiet at home
for there she would not be alone
Everyone in this place you see
had lost their minds, just like she
They floated off into the sky
Leaving there bodies by and by

Among these others our protagonist sat
And on the outside it appeared that
She had a rather good grasp on thing
But inside of her
There were rumblings

In spite of this inner disquiet
The girl was known to be quiet the riot
She had the sutures nurse in stitches
Imitating shock therapy twitches
Soon enough, In no time at all
She was good friends with one and all

Ah, but let us not forget
The reason why these friends had met
Each one of them the whole blooming lot
Simply put had lost the plot

But have no fear, worry not
Because in a jiffy, in a shot
Modern science will save the day
If of course you can afford to pay
Men in white lab coats will arrive
with magical powers to prescribe
Lotions and potions and a whole array
Of things to keep madness away

So returning to our leading lady
Who’s talented, funny, and of course crazy
She told the doctor she felt sad
He whipped out he trusty prescription pad
A shiny red pill morning, noon, and night
Would keep her happy, chipper and bright

But, it also made it had to sleep
The doctor paused and though real deep
Being such a clever guy
He found a yellow pill near by
To help her get her 40 winks
But not to be mixed with alcoholic drinks

Eventually it was noted the girl was always feeling bloated
Her appetite was totally through
But our friend the Doc knew what to do
This pill was a colour dark and black
And although it gave her her appetite back
It also made her loose her hair
But she said that she didn’t care
She tried to say when the pills would let her
“Thank you do I feel much better”

"There was an old woman who swallowed a fly,
I don't know why she swallowed a fly,
Perhaps she'll die. There was an old woman who swallowed a spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die. There was an old woman who swallowed a bird,
How absurd! to swallow a bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die. There was an old woman who swallowed a cat,
Imagine that! to swallow a cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die...."


Eventually our sad friend stopped taking these colourful pills
Instead she saved them all up for a rainy day when she might really need them
When that rainy day eventually came
She gobbled them all up
And she would never be sad again