regular

by nick nelson

ralph was a regular guy and he had a regular wife they had twenty-three regular children and they led a regular life all the children were regular as peanuts in a pod all the boys were even and all the girls were odd girl number one was the queen of spain and three the queen of france boy number two was a bullfighter bold and number four sang and danced girl number five watched tv all day number seven baked cookies and pies boy number six always told the truth and boy number eight told lies girl number nine foretold the future eleven wrote a history of atlantis boy number ten asked a million questions and number twelve had the answers girl number thirteen was lucky number fifteen never had a chance boy number fourteen was brett and number sixteen was lance girl number seventeen ran away nineteen resolved to track her down boy number eighteen always had a smile twenty always wore a frown girl twenty-one was a hippie and wore flowers in her hair boy twenty-two did nothing all day and his thoughts he did not share girl twenty-three was the last in line and inherited an ancient curse and sat in the corner muttering how can it get any worse? the clock struck ten at midnight and turned them all into toads and if you stay up late enough you can see them walking the roads