Category: Poems for Grownups

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Assistant(s)

Bill is a great magician, He really is quite good. He made a pretty girl appear From a statue made of wood. He hired her, as assistant, To help him with his show. She quickly joined the union And demanded much more dough. One night he sawed the girl in two Which caused him lots […]

Frustration

He got up early Sunday, so that he could pray. He knelt down by the window, it was such a pretty day. The game he’d planned for Saturday was canceled by the rain. The same had happened last weekend, the weather was a pain. He knew that it was Sunday, with church he couldn’t miss, […]

Helen Brown

At my class reunion, I said, “Lady, you look like Helen Brown.” “Well you don’t look so hot in blue” She answered with a hurtful frown.

Turn About’s Fair Play

I have a neighbor I don’t like He messes up my hair. He never does it to my sis And I don’t think that’s fair. A friend said I should mess his up, “Turn about” is what it’s called. “I can’t do that,” I told my friend, “Because my neighbor’s head is bald!”

Yaaack

Why call it a service station? You wouldn’t get it on a dare! You have to check your oil yourself And also fill your tires with air. Just to keep those little valve caps, From always rolling underneath, I find it quite convenient, For me to hold them in my teeth. I know that they’re […]