She came into my office With a gang of kids in tow. Why people had so many kids Was more than I could know. She explained she had twelve kids Because she couldn’t hear. So I said I’d see her right away Because I thought that queer. She certainly had a hearing problem, She was […]
Entries from June 2024 ↓
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What?
June 30th, 2024 — Married Life
Gumball Machine
June 28th, 2024 — Poems for Children
I told Mama that I saw it When I went to buy some gum. She just smiled and shook her head Like she thought that I was dumb. But I sure know that I saw it And I know that it’s still there; It is in there with the gumballs Doesn’t anybody care? I am […]
Dead Cat
June 27th, 2024 — General Humor
An old man saw a small boy Looking at a poor dead cat. It had just been run over And now it was very flat. He felt sorry for the boy, A lad of six or seven, He said, “Just remember son, Your cat’s with God in Heaven.” The Boy said sarcastically, “Gramps, don’t try […]
Gray Hair
June 25th, 2024 — Life with Children
“Mommy, look, another gray hair Just why do you have so many?” “Each time you are bad I get one. When you’re good, I don t get any.” Suzy looked at Grandma’s picture Then with voice a little sad. “Mommy, when you were still little Were you really all that bad?”
Irony
June 24th, 2024 — Life with Children
A stupid goat ate my homework. I know that she won’t believe it. Once the goat got started eating There’s no way I could retrieve it. I think all teachers are alike, They don’t want to believe the truth. Russian spies really stole my books Out of the drugstore pay-phone booth. When space aliens took […]

