There was once a cricket

There was once a cricket
Who,somehow, obtained a ticket
To watch a game of cricket
In the city of Nantucket

But his stepmother, so wicked
Who dislikes this little cricket
Decided to throw away the ticket
Into the dirty waste basket

Alas, the floor of parquet
Was not well-laid and crooked
And so the stepmother, so wicked
Fell and kicked the bucket

p.s.
Darn, I must be in one of those silly moods again.