MR GLISTEN COMES TO TOWN

 

The snow has come its falling fast

It’s time to dance about and cheer

Soon it will be time to build a snowman

I build the same one every year

 

When the snow is lying deep and fresh

I go to the cupboard in my room

Where I get his hat, gloves and scarf

And of course his birchwood broom

 

Mum says “don’t you stay out long”

But she knows that I don’t listen

She knows that it takes some time

To build the perfect Mr Glisten

 

I always start in the same place

And make the body large and round

For his head I roll a smaller ball

Rolling it on the snowy ground

 

Soon he stands up taller than me

Rising up from the fallen snow

Each year it takes a little longer

As like me each year he grows

 

Down his front go pebble buttons

From his neck down to the floor

His stick arms wear his gloves

Which don’t really fit him anymore

 

Then I put on his scarf and hat

His birch broom stands by his side

Marbles to make his eyes shine

And a stick mouth smiling wide

 

Last the carrot nose goes in place

And I step back and a moment spend

Gazing at the happy snowman face

Then I say “Hello my old friend”