oh there once was a girl called Miss Vine
who could hang like a thread from a power-line
she hung there avariciously
gobbling free electricity
until someone pulled the wool from the twine
© 2017 Melinda J. Irvine
Qualm
Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, poet, and blogger living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met in 2015 while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a freelance writer and author get her one step closer to legally adopting Jerry — plus helping the other kids from his village go to school.