hoppy

by dog e relaford

i never been to paris i never been to rome i never been but about a mile down the road from home a mule painted a picture a cat sang a song let me tell my story it won’t take long hoppy was a dinosaur who roamed the neighborhood they said i couldn’t take him down but i got him good the mayor gave a party to celebrate my feat the angel gabriel and his band gave the folks a treat a reporter from the city came and took my picture if you don’t believe me you can read it in the scriptures salome and her seven veils danced the night away and when the smoke and dust were gone it was just another day

three more

by nick nelson

alpha banana curious delta eggplant fainting gorilla * heavy indigo jolly kinetic llamas many nervous owls * ponderous quasars refractory suns today undervalued whales *

three

by nick nelson

trained deadly assassin buy one get one free * after all bouncing coordinated effort predators holiday * cantaloupe bargains dehydrated trampolines sadly neglected commisserators *

willie's party

by nick nelson

willie had a party he had it in his room it started too late and ended too soon he tried before with the best intentions with not many successes and a few honorable mentions deep in the darkness on the other side of town derek had a party too and it went down the nicest people came from miles around and had fun by the ounce and laughter by the pound the police showed up and so did the mayor a good time was had by all with no naysayers at willie’s party it started to rain everybody left but might come again red orange yellow purple green blue willie has a problem but will see it through