I usually associate Spike Milligan with the Goon Show which readers of a certain age will probably remember! However, he did have a very serious side.
When Ray and I went to Kiln Farm Nurseries near us for some plants and coffee and cake there was the following poem put up near the entrance which I though I would share with you.
SMILE (A poem by Spike Milligan)
Smiling is infectious,
You catch it like the flu,
When someone smiled at me today,
I started smiling too.
I passed around the corner
And someone saw my grin.
When he smiled I realised
I’d passed it on to him.
I thought about that smile,
Then I realised its worth
A single smile, just like mine
Could ravel round the earth.
So, if you feel a smile begin,
Don’t leave it undetected.
Let’s start an epidemic quick,
And get the world infected!
I know smiling is difficult to see wearing a mask, but if you smile often your eyes do as well!
So let’s have a smile on our faces and infect the world with smiles not coronavirus!!