My thanks – MMM –
Leftover chocolate candy
From the holidays.
From the holidays
I have drifts of pine needles
Under the carpet.
Under the carpet
is where the secret dirt is
never to be seen.
Never to be seen
is Cecil, at least 'round here…
maybe in Myanmar?
Maybe in Myanmar
Is a likely place to find
Those Burma Shave signs
THOSE BURMA SHAVE SIGNS /
SURE WERE NEAT / BUT NOW THEY’RE ALL /
MISSING / FROM YOUR STREET.
- Burma Shave
Missing from your street
But right up your alley are
New kids on the block
New kids on the block?
This means new kids on my lawn
Said the curmudgeon
Said the curmudgeon,
“Offa my lawn, all you young
whippersnappers! Damn!”
Well done, Gyrate - you inspired me!
WHIPPERSNAPPERS, DAMN,
THEY LOOK GREAT! / THANKS TO OUR GEL /
THEY’LL NOW / FIND A MATE
- Burma Shave
THEY’LL NOW / FIND A MATE
HAIKUS MARRIED / BURMA SHAVE
AFTER JUST / ONE DATE
- Burma Shave
AFTER JUST / ONE DATE
YOU’LL KNOW / SHE’S THE GIRL FOR YOU
SOMETHING BORROWED, BLUE
- Burma Shave
SOMETHING BORROWED, BLUE
JEANS, OR ELSE / A JACKET TOO?
OR A BLUE / SUEDE SHOE?
- Burma Shave
Oh god - what have I done?
Given us a whole new way to commit haiku!
“…OR A BLUE / SUEDE SHOE?”
ELVIS ASKED / HIS FOOTWEAR GUY /
THEN AWAY / HE FLEW
- Burma Shave
Then away he flew
Far from that Burma Shave stuff
To standard haikus
To standard haikus
I have an abiding love,
but BURMA SHAVE’s fine!
But BURMA SHAVE’s fine
was smaller than expected
because they were loved.
Because they were loved,
The kittens got away with
Wholesale genocide.
Wholesale genocide
Seems to be par for the course
In the Middle East.
-“BB”-