John Bliven Morin

Daedalus watched the birds on high,
And wished that he could also fly;
But he did more than wish, bright man,
He studied wings and made a plan.
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The Princess Rapunzel lived high in a tower,
Where a wicked old witch had once placed her,
And day after day, from hour to hour,
Deep boredom and lonliness faced her.
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Sausage and onions,
And deep mozzerella,
Ground beef and mushrooms
Make life vita bella;
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Once there was a lonely bear,
Who lived in the land of I-Don’t-Care;
Who did what he did
With a shuffle and a shrug,
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Down past the roses in the flow'ring dell
live a very tiny family in a walnut shell;
You may pass them by and never know,
for they're very, very small in their bungalow.
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‘Twas the night before Samhain
And through Usher’s flat,
Not a creature was stirring,
Not even a bat.
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“Drain the bowl, each fearless soul!
Let the world wag as it will;
Let the heavens howl, the devil growl,
Drain the bowl, and fill! ”
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“You’re drunk again, George.”
“That’s my own affair.”
“You’ll wake up the kid.”
“I don’t friggin’ care.”
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CREAM: 'Whip me! Whip me! '
CHEESE: 'Slice me! Slice me! '
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Who will go where the standing stones stand,
when the fog rolls in and covers the land,
when the moon is hidden in a cloudy sky,
and the night is as dark as a raven's eye,
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The heat is oppressing, coming in waves,
and with it, the dust which blows as hot
as the summer wind which carries it.
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Eventually, Odysseus, with the Fates,
Devized a way to breach the gates
Of Troy by means of a wooden horse,
Full of warriors, or course;
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When they crossed an orange with a tangerine long ago,
They wisely called the resultant new fruit a “tangelo.”
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The outhouse, the backhouse, the privy, the john,
Whatever you call it, we all sat upon;
With spiders above and flies down below,
That's where you went when you had to go;
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Please do yourself a healthy boone;
Avoid McNasty’s Greasy Spoon!
Enter with care for the approach is
Covered with garbage, ants and roaches!
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We loved playing in the attic,
My Sister Sue and me;
It was our childhood pastime
When the rain came down, you see.
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I left your helmet on your rifle, Bill,
Stuck in the ground where you fell today;
We had to dig in further up the beach.
I didn’t know how long you’d have to stay.
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Bill Bowditch saw a unicorn
on the day his child was born;
'Twas on his way from work that day,
his wife was in the family way.
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See! The hornèd moon arises,
See the mists upon the land;
Soon the twin fires will be lighted,
Here I stand.
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Yo ho! for the life of a pirate bold,
With a cutlass sharp and heart so cold,
And a wealth of treasure in the hold;
Ho! Yo ho!
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