Posts Tagged ‘numbers’
Why I’m Staring Suspiciously at an Appliance
The streetlamp went out, right when I crossed
My laptop froze up, and my work was lost
I just need this bagel, toasted with cheese
Why must tragic things always come in threes?
02
12 2009
Scent by Numbers
At mile marker 98
just past Route 42
I like to put the windows down
and let fresh air blow through
First I pass the rows of corn tall and green like trees Their smell, though nice, sticks in my teeth so I give them a “3”
Next up is the berry patch a sweet and fragrant heaven But too much sugar rots my nose still they get a “7”
Finally the onion fields come up around the bend Their pungent, piercing, bold bouquet earns them a perfect “10”
I breathe in deep and scrunch my nose just like Robert DeNiro Until I pass the cattle ranch — with its stinky, bagel “Zero”
First I pass the rows of corn tall and green like trees Their smell, though nice, sticks in my teeth so I give them a “3”
Next up is the berry patch a sweet and fragrant heaven But too much sugar rots my nose still they get a “7”
Finally the onion fields come up around the bend Their pungent, piercing, bold bouquet earns them a perfect “10”
I breathe in deep and scrunch my nose just like Robert DeNiro Until I pass the cattle ranch — with its stinky, bagel “Zero”
15
05 2009
Don’t Do This (II)
I counted my onion bagels before they boiled
1 bagel, 2 bagel, 3 bagel, 4 (!)
One fell on the ground and got totally soiled 1 bagel, 2 bagel, 3 (and no more)
My tongue-wagging dog soaked another in slobber 1 bagel, 2 bagel (oh how depressin’)
Then the last two got snatched by a breakfast food robber 0 bagels left (but I learned a good lesson!)
One fell on the ground and got totally soiled 1 bagel, 2 bagel, 3 (and no more)
My tongue-wagging dog soaked another in slobber 1 bagel, 2 bagel (oh how depressin’)
Then the last two got snatched by a breakfast food robber 0 bagels left (but I learned a good lesson!)
