72 Miles From The Sea

Monday, 23 January 2023

I saw something shocking

On one of those nature programs

All about racist seafood

They were the Ku Klux Clams

The grass is not greener on the other side

Of the fence, that’s what they tell me

But what if they’re wrong about that

And you never actually take a look and see

I always wanted to be somebody,

Which proved to be impolitic

Because I realize that maybe

I should have been more specific.

Dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac

His traits were a catalogue

And he stayed up all night

Deciding if there really is a dog

Dr. Pepper is a Dr.

That’s the twist

But what kind,

I guess he’s a fizzicist

A young man got mugged

By a magician last year

He took a wallet, a watch,

And the coin from behind his ear

The Airplane was invented

By an optimist

While the parachute was

Invented by a pessimist