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  • The Squab
    Toward a better world I contribute my modest smidgin;
    I eat the squab, lest it become a pigeon.
    2 lines
  • Spring Comes To Murray Hill
    I sit in an office at 244 Madison Avenue
    And say to myself You have a responsible job havenue?
    17 lines
  • Peekabo, I Almost See You
    Middle-aged life is merry, and I love to
    lead it,
    30 lines
  • The Eel
    I don't mind eels
    Except as meals.
    2 lines
  • The Jellyfish
    Who wants my jellyfish?
    I'm not sellyfish!
    2 lines
  • Reflection On The Fallibility Of Nemesis
    He who is ridden by a conscience
    Worries about a lot of nonscience;
    4 lines
  • Reflection On A Wicked World
    Purity
    Is obscurity.
    2 lines
  • The Cow
    The cow is of the bovine ilk;
    One end is moo, the other, milk.
    2 lines
  • So Does Everybody Else, Only Not So Much
    O all ye exorcizers come and exorcize now, and ye clergymen draw nigh and clerge,
    For I wish to be purged of an urge.
    27 lines
  • The Joyous Malingerer
    Who is the happy husband? Why, indeed,
    'Tis he who's useless in the time of need;
    22 lines
  • The Parent
    Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore,
    And that's what parents were created for.
    2 lines
  • The Shrimp
    A shrimp who sought his lady shrimp
    Could catch no glimpse
    5 lines
  • Oh To Be Odd!
    Hypochondriacs
    Spend the winter at the bottom of Florida and the summer on top of
    12 lines
  • Reflection On Caution
    Affection is a noble quality;
    It leads to generosity and jollity.
    4 lines
  • The Centipede
    I objurgate the centipede,
    A bug we do not really need.
    6 lines
  • The Octopus
    Tell me, O Octopus, I begs
    Is those things arms, or is they legs?
    4 lines
  • The Sunset Years of Samuel Shy
    Master I may be,
    But not of my fate.
    50 lines
  • The Solitary Huntsman
    The solitary huntsman
    No coat of pink doth wear,
    27 lines
  • The Firefly
    The firefly's flame
    Is something for which science has no name
    5 lines
  • The Hunter
    The hunter crouches in his blind
    'Neath camouflage of every kind
    6 lines
  • What's The Use?
    Sure, deck your limbs in pants,
    Yours are the limbs, my sweeting.
    4 lines, 1 comment
  • Summer Serenade
    When the thunder stalks the sky,
    When tickle-footed walks the fly,
    10 lines
  • The Sniffle
    In spite of her sniffle
    Isabel's chiffle.
    18 lines
  • The Catsup Bottle
    First a little
    Then a lottle
    2 lines
  • One Third Of The Calendar
    In January everything freezes.
    We have two children. Both are she'ses.
    19 lines
  • The Dog
    The truth I do not stretch or shove
    When I state that the dog is full of love.
    4 lines
  • The Clean Plater
    Some singers sing of ladies' eyes,
    And some of ladies lips,
    57 lines, 3 comments
  • Pretty Halcyon Days
    How pleasant to sit on the beach,
    On the beach, on the sand, in the sun,
    40 lines
  • Samson Agonistes
    I test my bath before I sit,
    And I'm always moved to wonderment
    4 lines
  • Lines On Facing Forty
    I have a bone to pick with Fate.
    Come here and tell me, girlie,
    4 lines, 1 comment
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