the boy pumps and pumps
the bucket leaks and leaks
unfulfilling task
Wasted Effort
My streams of thought meet here
My streams of thought meet here
the boy pumps and pumps
the bucket leaks and leaks
unfulfilling task
“There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry;
There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Henry, hole.” 🙂
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The grass is greenest around the water pump?
Thanks for your little chorus. The old tune, “There’s a hole in the old oaken bucket” may have prompted this verse. 🙂
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Oh, alas, alas
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He’s hoping his dad will finally spring for a new pail before the well runs dry. 🙂
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Nice idea
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In one end and out the other! Sounds a bit like my bank account!
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Thanks for your comment. I hadn’t thought of it in that way, but it’s a good analogy. You could surely write a haiku on that. 😉
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