(relative to him) amoeba
multiplied mightily within his
poor, much-abused spleen and
instantly disintegrated his pancreas
and the attached filet-o-fish.
The reporters took copious
amounts of tarter sauce
(“tartar,” their editors noted)
Tatars, liking tarter tartar,
were boiled in acid
until they started to
confess their grammatical crimes.
But to no avail!
Just then, Buzz Aldrin’s
ego, in unrestrained glory,
soared heavenward in radiant
burst of glorious light
that dazzled absolutely everyone.
even those who could
have been crushed by