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One thing that literature would be greatly the better for
metaphor.Authors of all races, be they Greeks, Romans, Teutons or Celts,Can’t seem just to say that anything is the thing it is but have togo out of their way to say that it is like something else.What does it mean when we are toldThat that Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold?In the…
May I join you in the doghouse, Rover?
Since three o’clock I’ve done my bestTo entertain each tiny guest. My conscience now I’ve left behind me,And if they want me, let them find me.I blew their bubbles, I sailed their boats,I kept them from each other’s throats. I told them tales of magic lands,I took them out to wash their hands.I sorted their…
Once upon a time there was an Italian,
But he wasn’t offended,Because other people thought he was splendid,And he said the world was round,And everybody made an uncomplimentary sound,But he went and tried to borrow some money from FerdinandBut Ferdinand said America was a bird in the bush and he’d rather have a berdinand,But Columbus’ brain was fertile, it wasn’t arid,And he remembered…
The summer like a rajah dies,
Kindles for Congregationalist eyesAn alien suttee.
The people upstairs all practise ballet
Their bedroom is full of conducted tours.Their radio is louder than yours,They celebrate week-ends all the week.When they take a shower, your ceilings leak.They try to get their parties to mixBy supplying their guests with Pogo sticks,And when their fun at last abates,They go to the bathroom on roller skates.I would love the people upstairs…
Whales have calves,
Bears have cubs,Bats have bittens,Swans have cygnets,Seals have puppies,But guppies just have little guppies.