Keep your doors and windows barred

Burglars don't send a card

To warn you that they're on their way

They come uninvited night or day.

They scan your house with greedy eyes,

Knock on your door in some disguise,

Slip through a window that's unprotected

Make off with treasures you've collected.

Sell them on and with a smile,

Feed their habits for a while.

Then back again in case there's more

Through a window or a door.

Poor folk or the landed gentry

It matters not, they'll make an entry

Smashing this and stealing that.

From office, house or council flat

It doesn't matter when or where

These scumbags haven't got a care.

They rub their hands and smile with glee

As they count the goods they got for free.

Unless that is we all fight back

And send them home with empty sack.

By always making double sure

We lock all windows and the door.

Mrs J. Brown

Mossfield Road

Kearsley