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October 31, 2005
They are slippery too.
Teach a man to catch worms and perhaps
he will be fortunate enough
to find some worms.
Or perhaps not. Perhaps
they will elude him.
Because worms are crafty.
But give a man a worm, and he can split it in two!
And then he will have
two worms!
I'm asking nicely now:
Won't you give a man a worm?
new court justice is against the splitting of worms, especially the gay ones
Posted by: heroic imp at November 1, 2005 5:01 AMGive a man an oh-too-clever poem, and he will be pretentious and annoying for fifteen minutes.
Teach a man to write oh-too-clever poetry, ... um, wait... and he'll, uh, be a joy and a thing of beauty forever?
Posted by: the RaptorMage at November 1, 2005 8:26 AMAm I silly to read some political/economic parable in this? Am I wrong to like the parable? Or just silly?
Posted by: rodney k. at November 1, 2005 9:28 AMyou did ask nicely, but no: a cruel man who's less crafty than a worm will get no gift from me, even if he is a parable, belly down, digging through the dirt, crying softly. nosirreee.
This one's great, Cecil. Really funny.
Posted by: Michael Rymaszewski at November 3, 2005 2:39 PMVery clever!
Posted by: kim at November 4, 2005 11:55 AM
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