The Ames Room

That nice Mr Ames the builder did our extension,
a pleasant new room to show the neighbours.
It was not what we expected though, as I entered
I began to grow, my head just below the ceiling,
while big John at the other side, near the wall,
was surprisingly very small. 
Not what we expected at all.

Changing sides, I shrunk as he grew.
We shall have to sue, though Mr Ames has gone
to make a room; a box more spacious than it seems,
for some Doctor or other – I have forgotten Who.

Doug Sandle
Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the BPS