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Tuesday, July 4, 2023

a digression


by bofa xesjum




alice baked an apple pie
betty rode a broom
columbus sailed the ocean blue
little david played with doom

eddie had an elephant
that frank could not ride
george washington crossed over the hill
and came out on the other side

harry put the hoodoo
on the queen of india’a cat
jesse robbed the mail train
wearing a brand new hat


the king of england told me
that luck would be my lady
montezuma slept all day
because his tree was shady

nobody ever warned me
and oh how true it turned
a preacher will take your money
before it is even earned

maggie lived behind the quarry
with a rooster and a hen
st stephen tossed her a nickel
back when men were men

a turtle crossed the highway
under heaven in the rain
a vision of eternity
wobbled in its brain

excuse this long digression
i wish you all the best
watch your back and count your fingers
before you take the final test




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