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Fair lover, gaze aloft at midnight's sky!
You see how beauteous it is! -- the moon
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You told me, Dearest, of one gallant owl Who serenaded once a damsel bright,
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Though life is as ephemeral as a leaf
That greens in spring and with the autumn turns
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For years I mourned whenever I would see
How some unfeeling souls had taken sheers
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You said it. Yes, you said it. Rise and clap!
My eyes were burning then. Oh how you laughed!
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In Promethean days he had culture
And vowed he would train as a vulture:
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I miss the senses: when we were in love
Our baths were luscious: glimmering candlelight,
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In high Tibet the solemn yak Is seldom seen dressed up in black.
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Humongous pods of heffalunk whales Gastronomical gourmands gulp crustaceans in swales:
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On the edge of the meadow a patient young weasel Stands up in front of a small artists' easel:
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The vulture's such a frequent flier, He looks for lands where things expire,
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None of us are too desirous
Of acquaintance with a virus:
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Mosquitoes, leaches, fleas, and ticks And various assorted icks
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A blushful lady we'll call Myrtle Loves to marathon and hurtle.
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Vile slander says that skunks smell bad. This nonsense makes me roaring mad.
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The Ice Age, when life was uncouth, Was ruled by the giant Saber Tooth:
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The raven, that we all abhor,
Delights in grisly ghoulish gore
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Monsters come in many sizes. Some could win some scary prizes.
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Once upon a time there was a little baby lynx Who, though she was a cat, she was just a little jinx:
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It takes a mighty school of krill Well, tons and tons of them, to fill
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The jaguar has a hiss that's sassy,
And a wild coat that's bold and classy.
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I was ordering up teriyaki When I noticed a green jabberwocky--
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Those Hippo Dawgs are a real tip top Quartet of stars who rap nonstop:
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I pray for the pitiful grunion
Who has grown an unfortunate bunion:
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I know a dignified gorilla Who loves the flavor of vanilla.
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The white tailed and the brindled gnu Who takes the train to Timbuctoo
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At times a million zillion frogs, As preached by pious demagogues,
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Behold a giant pair of ears! Attached a desert fox appears.
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Though she can't understand all the lingo The fandango-fan-dancing flamingo
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As a tourist you wont have a chance If you're bit by a snake in the pants
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Now one amphibian's rather deft. You might think that you've had a theft.
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Electric catfish, rays, and eels Are beasties that the ooze conceals.
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Now there's the matter of the dragon, He of the crown and of the flagon:
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This mermaid swimming after dark Is walking dogfish in the park.
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