More Terse Verse

What do you call a well-groomed gander?


A spruce goose


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Pets I Have Had

Blackie the first who

lived with us for two days

until she was hit by a garbage truck

Blackie the second who live with us

for fifteen years

Gerbils whose names I have forgotten

Goldfish that never lasted

more than a day

Scamper my first cat

who needed to be a mouser

right away

A newt named Firebelly

Oly, my current cat

who was born in

Natalie’s closet

Happy Veterans' Day

Very
Experienced at
Taking on
Every
Raider
Against our
Nation

Fall

Fall
Rainy, Windy
Darkening, Storming
Autumn

Clock

Clock

analog, digital

ticking ticking tock

time never, ever stops

clock

What Do You Call...

What do you call a disagreement over household jobs?

 

A chore war

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Brains -- An Antonym Poem

What is the opposite of brains?

Leaving your bike out when it rains

Using a marker to make stains

Telling off TSA when catching planes

Ignoring continuous chest pains

That is the opposite of brains.