Hairy Wombat Poems

Well, my kids, in first grade learn to read
we are practicing daily, indeed.
Said boy John I have took
a good look at the book
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Unter Wogen tief im Wasser
lebt ein Wesen und er schwimmt
unermuedlich, als ein nasser
der das Leben tragisch nimmt.
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So what's this thing the world calls hate,
are humans capable to fabricate the stuff?
Does it occur when men debate,
when words can trigger something known as huff?
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Hairy, Hairy, quite contrary
sat upon a stool.
Came the kindly wombat fairy
from the Fairy pool.
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Father's Day

In nineteen-ten, on Father's Day,
my real father went away.
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I covered her, against the cold,
a towel bearing the insignia of
The Radisson Hotel, all lily white,
I had been right that day in 98,
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Of all the things men contemplate
one is extremely odd,
arriving at the Pearly Gate,
we make our peace with God.
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A toad sat on a railroad track
and polished there his scales.
He could not reach his centre back
with his long fingernails.
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It would please me immensely, of course
and I thank you for thinking of me
if my wish were a high-flying horse
you can guess where its rider would be.
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There once was a Wombat so hairy
his hair matched the Magical Fairy,
so they took him away
in the light of the day
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