Entries from August 2025 ↓

He was cooking an elephant, When I first saw the pigmy man. The elephant was much too large To fit a normal cooking pan. I asked him how he’d killed the thing, He said he’d killed it with his club. How big a club could this man lift? Some tiny limb or stick or stub? […]

The two priests both stood waving their signs. Each sign read, “BEWARE THE END IS NEAR!” Drivers sped by with little notice, Without a sign of concern or fear. Then one priest said to the other one, “They don’t notice even when we shout. Do you think that it would be clearer, If the signs […]

Consider the elephant, Who goes through his day, Stepping on things That get in his way. His body’s so big, That he can’t even jump, His nose is a vacuum But it’s sometimes a pump. We all use our noses To breathe, smell, and sneeze. Elephants can use theirs To pull up big trees. An […]

A good friend asked me to model. He said he’d like to paint my face. I took it as a compliment With my usual charm and grace. He said that my face inspired him To want to paint a brand new way. That it must be put on canvas. And would I sit for him […]

Let’s give a thought, if you have time, To treatment of the lowly snake. Who without benefit of legs Must travel over land and lake. He lost his legs, the Good Book says, Because he tempted Adam’s wife And brought the first recorded fight Into that happy couple’s life. She’ll crush his head, the curse […]