The Sneaky Red Sock: And Other Eclectic Poems

By Ali Murdoch

Welcome to a world where booby traps are
successfully sprung, ghosts frighten teddy bears,
and sneaky red socks turn everything in your washer a
nice salmon color.
This eclectic mix of poems, cartoons and ditties brings
you face to face with the US Armys most secretive of
weapons, the Bunny Blaster and their all new Think
Tank. Misbehaving children and even grandparents
rowdy parties are all dissected with a moral scalpel,
and watch out for the Snuggle Monster when its time
to turn out the lights.
If you are in need of parent time or just a healthy
chuckle before bed time, then why not enter the world
of The Sneaky Red Sock.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 24, 2010
• ISBN: 9781456821364

Ali Murdoch

Ali Murdoch is an entrepreneur turned author, who had to rely on the business route when his sporting career was cut tragically short by a lack of any real talent. A father of three very troublesome children, he lives in Long Island, New York, and does his best to keep control by threatening to recite poems at night unless they go to bed. It even works some of the time!

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Copyright © 2010 by Ali Murdoch.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2010917364

ISBN: Hardcover    978-1-4568-2135-7

ISBN: Softcover      978-1-4568-2134-0

ISBN: Ebook           978-1-4568-2136-4

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CONTENTS

SQUARE EYES

THE PARTY

IT’S NOT MY FAULT

GRANDDAD’S TIGER

THE SNEAKY RED SOCK

FATE

FASHION

THE BOO BOO

DAY 1 SKIING

FENWAY

MOM WASHED MY HAIR YESTERDAY!

I AM THE KING

COMMITTED

A SCARY STORY

STARBUCKS

MY LOST CHANCE

THE 300LB BASEBALL FAN

MAYHEM AT MY HOUSE

THE BUNNY BLASTER

MY NEW COMPUTER

10 LITTLE MONKEYS

THE TRAGIC CRASH

THE CHECK-UP

THE SINGLE SOCK

THE ACCIDENT

THE RUN

THE WINDY WOO

DASHBOARD DINERS

GOLF

A NEW WORD!

LEARNING TO DRIVE

I’M NOT GOING TO SCHOOL TODAY

THE PAPER COWBOY

MY FRIEND

HUNGRY HORRACE

BETHEL THE WING WALKER

THE ANSWER

TROUBLE WITH A CAPITAL T

YOYO SALLY

PARENT TIME

GREEN GIRL

MY BIG BROTHER

M’ADAR

MISTER COUGH

THE FARTING MACHINE

THE SKELETON BALL

THE ROUNDABOUT

GETTING BETTER

ALL AT SEA

WHAT IF?

YOU CAN’T CAN

ANIMAL ATTRIBUTES

THE FALL

RUNNING OF THE BULLS

ZOO FRIDGE

SQUARE WORLD

BLACK BOX AIRLINES

THE FIRE EATER

THE THINK TANK

THE ALPHABET RACE

MY NEW CELL PHONE

A BOOBY TRAP

S’MORES

THE SNUGGLE MONSTER

THE LAMENT OF A YOUNGER SIBLING

THE WITCH DOCTOR

LITTLE NAVY RIDING HOOD

THE CLUTSY CLUMSY MONSTER

IF ONLY’S

SETH THE WANNA BE DRAGON SLAYER

SCHOOL BELL

THE DOCTORS

FLAT STANLEY

FLAT FREDDIE

ONLINE DELIVERY

THE SNORING HOUSE

THE EXPERIMENT

MY ALEX BEAR

THE GALOOT

THE END

This book is dedicated to, and indeed

stars its co-authors

CJ—the Galoot

Síofra—the Clutsy Clumsy Monster

Aoibhín—Yoyo Sally

& not to forget

their clutsy clumsy Mum

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Special thanks also to editing team Gillanders.

The king and queen of punctuation,

and slaughterer of innocent apostrophes.

SQUARE EYES

I know a little boy who

Watched TV all day.

He never left the couch

Never went out to play.

A year or two later

Imagine his surprise,

When he woke up one morning

And found he’d grown square eyes!

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THE PARTY

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There’s friction in the kitchen,

And fighting on the stairs,

A hunting