Anne Wanda Twormore's Special Thing

Ann Wanda Twormore
Had always been looking for
Just the right thing
To place by her front door.

And though she’d found many,
None costing a penny,
For that special place
She didn’t like any.

She’d tried them all out
From the tall to the stout
And finally decided
She couldn’t do without.

So, as quick as an elf,
She took from the shelf
All of her things
And made one herself.

1981