Entries from September 2025 ↓

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The Alarm

Would you believe that dumb alarm, It failed to work again. Sam would be late another time, Just like he’d usually been. He’d bought it from a peddler, It had no guarantee. It would have cost too much Had the peddler made it free! The peddler said that this alarm Was sure to be a […]

Donkey Slippers

Mommy gave me these dumb slippers, Donkeys just to please me. They certainly aren’t the fashion craze In that you can believe me! She is my dearest Mommy So doesn’t she know that I’m going to be a Republican, Not a Democrat? Editor’s note: There’s a story with this one. Wayne was at a poetry […]

Don’t Try This at Home

“Don’t try this at home,” he said, The guy that did it on TV. How stupid does he think That someone else could be? He was juggling running chain saws; He was doing it with his feet. It did look rather easy And I thought that it was neat. “You can’t do that,” Joey said, […]

Last Thing He Remembered

He had talked back to the sergeant? He was stupid instead of brave. “So when I die,” the sergeant asked, You’ll be there dancing on my grave?” “There’s no way”, the private answerd, With his usual silly grin. “Once I get outta the Army I ain’t standing in line again!”

Lucky Day

I found a rabbit’s foot, They always bring good luck. An egg fell on my head From a migrating duck. I got two-dozen warts From playing with a toad. A truck splashed mud on me While playing by the road. I lost my garter snake Somewhere in Sister’s bed, She hit me with her doll […]