Teem Slate
A tousie heid booed ower her latest trock
(The cheapest wylins frae the sweetie shop)
Bairn-pleased, an naethin blate
Wi twa, three, sticks o’ chalk,
An’ a teem slate.
A half-oor saw it cast aside
Scoored, bladded, spiled;
Its reel run oot
An’ a’ its magic filed.
The antrin owergaun wi a cloot
Restored its favour
Snorrels cancelled oot
As easy’s scalin waiter frae a pail.
The slate took on its maiden sheen,
Fresh, clean an hale.
Afore I gang, twa-faul, intae the dark:
Set by my wardly gear, for timmer sark,
Turn dweeble, auld an sweir;
Lord, I wid ask for naething mair
For it’s weirin’ late.
Gie me a twa three sticks o chalk —
An’ a teem slate.
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