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Omar's Syndrome
There's another one, over thereSee how he's acting, oh so queer.Seems confused and not so sureCan't decide which way to turn or...Lately there have..
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Omar And The Courtesan
We have Japanese prints hanging on the wall.They’re there to be enjoyed by one and all,And with furniture placement dear,It was decided to place the..
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Old Umbrella Tail
Old Umbrella TailDoesn't wail,He just clawsAt the coversGetting recognitionFor attentionTo go outside -If the doors opened wide.Then pausing to..
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Old Shaky
He's famous for miles around,The only barber in this town.Gives haircuts to men and boysSometimes even to those other-wise.Has a method that few can..
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Old Man Smell
The Nose KnowsIn the elevator in the midst of winterOne doesn’t expect the smell to lingerBut there it is for all to senseThe presence of a chemical..
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Of Welsh Rabbit - It Loveth Tenebrosity
(Anonymous,1847, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Of Welsh Rabbits, A Parody)The common opinion of the Welsh Rabbitconceits that it is a species of Cuniculus..
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Ode To Timmie Geithner
Don’t say “We”, unless you have a toad in your pocketFor you’ll soon find something amiss under the blanketThat you so carefully share with the toads..
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Ode To The Oysters Of Apalachicola
These ugly looking lumps of calcium carbonate,Unlike their cousins that collectors take.Have a name known far and wideAs Apalach Oysters. ‘Tis said..
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Ode To The Hog
The hog as some know wellIs meant to devour all sorts of things from hellIt stands quiet for so long and thenWhen something is offered digs riight..
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Ode To The Crippled Cow
Red arrived in a trailer with the other heifersBut somehow fell and was trampled downShe painfully stood and hobbled offHer left hip damaged, painful..
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Ode To Shoppers Everywhere
Shopping's a pleasureSays the local adTo ensureThat in parting with your cash – you'll be glad.So it was the other dayWhen I was picking my..
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Ode To Robert Edgar Burns
You sir, have a talentIn relating many a most memorable event.Did they happen only yesterday?Perhaps in memory they'll stay.But as your mind twist..
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Ode To Orlando Belo
Orlando Belo is a poetThat's for sureHe writes from the heartAnd imagination pure!
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Ode To Old Blue
At the honky-tonk outside of townA bit off the gravel drivewayYou see Old Blue hangin roundJust standing there, thata way.Old Blue was hard, you got..
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Ode To An Artificial Christmas Tree
Evening –To some its beautifulStanding thereA mass of twisted wireEmbracing plastic needlesLong since going bare.Pulled from the atticIn its well..
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Ode To A Zipper
What it is that makes one appearTo challenge the meshing forces of a zipperThat come together as oneWhen a bit of force comes along.Caught up in the..
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Ode To A Yellow Cat
Yellow catsAren't the brightest lightsClimbing high in a treeSeeking to fleeA dog or some otherAnimal bother.There they'll stayThrough night and..
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Ode To A Yellow Butterfly
The Yellow ButterflyThe butterfly rested on the groundNear the spot of water it had foundA place where a refreshing bitOf moisture would surely..
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Ode To A Realtor
Oh to be a realtor!When times are goodI got a condo, trips and carAnd all that I knew I would.But times are toughWith sellers underwater (they tell..
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Ode To A Pencil
Sharp on one endRubber on th' otherUseful for writingLike no other.Not a quill and inkFor parchment or papersNor a scribe for stoneOn which to chase..
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Ode To A Louse
On Reedin Ur Pome in the Pap'rs PrintnAgin, I caut ye, ye crawlin' critter!Back an fro ya go, I know not whither.In black and white ya strut your..
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Ode To A Horse
The smell of sweatThe creak of leatherThe muscles acheA friendly nickerOh, for another day.
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Ode To A Flea
There you beHard to find, or to see.Happy ‘mongst the wool and flannelLike so many of Wilkin's cattle.Having supped on a meal so richProvided by the..
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Ode To A Computer
There it sits glaring backAs if on a mindless tackDoing its own biddingWhen it's moved to responding.Mostly it sleepsWhen no motion demands its..
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Ode To A Comma
THE LOWLY COMMA OR A PICKLE FOR THE KNOWING ONES(or why use a comma?)Lord Timothy Dexter anticipated the Danes,By more than a century, in taking..
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