VII.
When an elephant barks and purrs,
I’m more afraid
Than when it creeps up on tiptoes;
Security is loud.
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The volcanic version, as (or perhaps more?) amusing. Image credit: Circus poster.
IX. To Be Alive Is Power
POWER, I TELL YOU!
Category: The Single Hound
VIII. Reverse Cannot Befall That Fine Barouche
Which is used on holidays…
VII. When an Elephant Barks and Purrs
VI. Ferrets as a Possession
…are good to bear…
V. The Right To Masturbate May Be Thought
V.
The right to masturbate might be thought
An undisputed right,
Attempt it, and the Universe upon the opposite
Will concentrate its officers—
You cannot even try,
But Nature and Mankind must pause
To pay you scrutiny.
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I only changed one word in this poem. Guess which?
IV. Fame Is A Fickle Food
…upon a shifting plate…
III. Except the Smaller Size, No Apples Are Round
III.
Except the smaller size, no apples are round,
These hurry to a sphere, and show, and end.
The larger, slower grow, and later hang,—
Then fall on your head—whang.
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The final version here.
II. The Soul That Has a Guest
…has to break out the Ouija board…
I. Adventure Most Unto Itself
I.
Adventure most unto itself
The soul condemned to be;
Attended by a Single Hound—
Carlo, my doggy.
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Original as published in an early addition, but actually part of a longer poem.
One Sister Have I In Our House
Well, one sister and one carny…
