ABSTRACT
Is a well-wisher
someone
who wishes at a well?
Is a bad speller
one
who casts a wicked spell?
Is a shop lifter
a giant
who goes around lifting shops?
Is a pop singer
someone
who sings and then pops?
Is a fly fisherman
an angler
who fishes for flies?
Is an eye-opener
a gadget
for opening eyes?
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a nurse
who looks after the night?
Who puts it to bed
and then
turns off the light?
Is a big spender
a spendthrift
who is exceedingly big?
Is a pig farmer
really
a land-owning pig?
Does a baby-sitter
really
sit on tiny tots?
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a gunman
who shoots holes in pots?
(Roger McGough)