This; And also that

They are slippery too.

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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?

6 comments for “They are slippery too.”

  1. heroic imp
    November 1, 2005 at 5:01 am

    new court justice is against the splitting of worms, especially the gay ones

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  2. the RaptorMage
    November 1, 2005 at 8:26 am

    Give 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?

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  3. rodney k.
    November 1, 2005 at 9:28 am

    Am I silly to read some political/economic parable in this? Am I wrong to like the parable? Or just silly?

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  4. e.
    November 2, 2005 at 5:08 pm

    you 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.

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  5. Michael Rymaszewski
    November 3, 2005 at 2:39 pm

    This one’s great, Cecil. Really funny.

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  6. kim
    November 4, 2005 at 11:55 am

    Very clever!

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