Celery
Celery, raw
Develops the jaw,
But celery, stewed,
Is more quietly chewed.
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Lather As You Go
Beneath this slab
John Brown is stowed.
He watched the ads
And not the road.
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Crossing The Border
Senescence begins
And middle age ends
The day your descendents
Outnumber your friends.
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The Parent
Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore,
And that's what parents were created for.
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Biological Reflection
A girl whose cheeks are covered with paint
Has an advantage with me over one whose ain't.
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Grandpa Is Ashamed
A child need not be very clever
To learn that "Later, dear" means "Never."
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The Squab
Toward a better world I contribute my modest smidgin;
I eat the squab, lest it become a pigeon.
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Kipling's Vermont
The summer like a rajah dies,
And every widowed tree
Kindles for Congregationalist eyes
An alien suttee.
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The Perfect Husband
He tells you when you've got on
too much lipstick
And helps you with your girdle
when your hips stick.
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The Camel
The camel has a single hump;
The dromedary , two;
Or else the other way around.
I'm never sure. Are you?
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