199? That’s Easy…

A deadline approaches

I can feel it in air

Something special is needed

Prose beyond compare

My next post is special

There’s Great Expectations

It’s time for the big one

200 posts – a celebration

Almost three years ago

I switched to Tea Trade

As a new fun place

For my rants and tirades

Friendships I’ve made

Just by writing this blog

We’ve met hundreds of people

And a small American dog*

We’ve laughed and we’ve cried

And we’ve argued and cheered

I’ve praised and condemned

Celebrated and jeered

I get advice all the time

On keywords and SEO

About linking to our on-line stores

To rake in the dough

But I want this to be a place

Where ideas can raise their head

If you want electronic junk mail

There’s always Facebook instead

Many of these vignettes

Have concerned Lady Devotea

The love for her you all show

Is very touching to me

I need to plan number 200

Make it bigger than big

A fantastic celebration

Of my favourite writing gig

So what shall I do?

Which particular style?

A conversation? A rant?

Haven’t poeted for a while.

Slip in an obscure word or two?

Camoflaged xyresic shots?

Or is that proof of my autolatry?

If proof were needed (it’s not)

Or  write it as a screenplay

Maybe I should

Then sell it to Spielberg

And move to Hollywood

But this blog is only here

Because it’s read every time

And comments are welcome

(Though not from spamming swine)

Over thirteen hundred comments

Have annointed my posts

Which is something quite special

And which I’d like to toast

And the mention of toast

Leads us to tea

The lifeblood of this blog

It’s reason to be

So without further ado

I’ll go top up my tea

And work out just how Number 200

Really oughta be

Suggestions are welcome

As I beaver away

After all, we’re all friends here

And here I will stay.

*We stayed in New York with guys who had a lovely dog. And YOU try finding a rhyme at 5:40 in the damn morning when you’ve only just half a cup of Finbarr’s Revenge** under your belt.

**Take that SEO guys