Everything is a Poem

Everything is a Poem — page 7 — e s 10 ANIMALS e f i l i r f An August night The wind not quite A wind the sky Not just a sky And everywhere The speckled air Of summer stars Alive in jars 1986

Everything is a Poem — page 8 — ANIMALS 11 HOW THE YELLOW JACKET LOST HER SHYNESS The King of England Once was stung Upon his royal bottom And you could hear A yellow jacket Yell Oh boy I got him And that is how the yellow jacket Finally lost her shyness And how the English Came to call the King His Royal Highness 1992

Everything is a Poem — page 9 — 12 ANIMALS MIDNIGHT BLUE My mama’s name was Nightmare My daddy’s name was Tricks And I was born outside a place called Blueberry Muffin Mix I’m a cockroach from New Jersey And they call me Midnight Blue Free and easy living’s what I do I’ll get up to get me a late-night drink Cool my heels at the kitchen sink And before you know it this old nose’ll Have me down the garbage disposal Easy living’s what I do

Everything is a Poem — page 10 — OR THE COCKROACH’S SONG ANIMALS 13 1992 Well I joined the Roaches Union And I pay my union dues I obey the Cockroach Motto NEVER SLEEP IN HUMAN SHOES But I terrified a plumber once And I musta spooked a kid Cause I got this reputation For the creepy things I did I’m a cockroach from New Jersey And they call me Midnight Blue Don’t know why folks keep on bawling Every time they see me crawling Cockroach got to come a-calling Easy living’s what I do

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