Entries from February 2003 ↓

Nothing makes Tommy happier Than a brand new puddle does. He rode his little trike right in And found out just how deep it was!

Dear Pa, Ma, and Granny,
I guess you know I just ain’t too much for letter writin’. The recrutin’ officer promised me That I’d get to do some real good fightin’.
But so far I’ve been about as restless As a caterpillar in a beehive. All we do around here is eat [...]

He found a little mirror, A thing he’d never seen. He picked a clump of ragweed And wiped the surface clean.
It looked just like his father, Who had been dead for years! Such unhappy memories… It kindled hidden fears.
He would hide it in the woods Far from his old wife’s eyes. [...]

The captain said, “Sergeant, your men all stink. You have to make them change their underwear.” The sergeant thought the captain kind of weird Or maybe too long in the desert air.
But the captain’s word was the word of God So he told his men what they had to do. “Everybody take [...]

(For my granddaughter Aili Noel)
She swung, and swung, and swung so high Until her silly swing broke loose. She went so high up in the sky She met a migrating goose.
The goose was on his way down south And she was going that way too. So on, and on, and on [...]