Jake the Cake’s Poetry for Children

Paul Hughes’ poetry and verse for anyone with imagination

Jack (not Spratt) March 10, 2008

Filed under: fish, murder, sea — Paul Hughes @ 10:04 am
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I lurk upon the ocean floor

And pounce on smaller fish

Then pull their guts out just before

I bake them in a dish

 

I’ve done this every single night

Since I was a nipper

That’s why you’ll hear fish scream with fright

“Run, it’s Jack the Kipper!”

 

Paul Hughes 2008