I would not have
wanted to be a
fly on the wall
when they invented
bug spray
I would not have
wanted to be a
fly on the wall
when they invented
bug spray
If you get sick
and a doctor is
not forth-coming,
just remember
how you willfully
kept them away
when you ate that
apple

It was a lefty!
Every child
goes through a
Pippi Longstalking stage
of being
able to lift
up a horse.
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Toucan Sam follows
his nose to find
Fruit Loops cereal
but he’s not shy
about using the butt
of his gun, either
My mom always said:
never run with scissors—
unless there’s a
piece of paper that
absolutely needs
cutting right away.
***
“Then,” she told me,
“run like the wind to that paper, child.”
a.
Do you know who
takes the worst
vacation photos?
b.
Serial killers!
Because they always
cut off the heads!

Mimes always seem
surprised when they
get caught in an
invisible box
& yet, they encounter
them way more than I do
do you know
the problem with
my tea parties?
***
Too many stuffed animals invited.
***
do you know
the problem with
my birthday parties?
***
Just the opposite.
He who lives
by the sword
may be
occasionally
asked to
pick-up the
sword’s mail.
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