UFO
Unidentified flying disc
Do you pose us any risk?
Spying on us from the skies
With greenish skin and beady eyes
Are you a real or fake creation
Perhaps a mass hallucination?
Or maybe it will come to pass
That you turn out to be swamp gas
I hope you’re real, I really do
Cuz I’ve one thing to ask of you
If you are real, may I acquire
The miles you have as frequent flyer?
Current Events
If you shock me once
Expect a good scolding
Shock me twice?
Revolting
Limerick (Untitled)
Mr. Dumpty is sadly now gone
His remains scattered out on the lawn
He climbed very HIgh
On that wall, why oh why?
It seems that his friends egged him on
Litter-ally
In my new work, I’m collecting trash
As I sing a happy song
There was no training required of me
I picked it up as I went along
Cycle Oregon
The autumn leaves leave
The winter rains reign
And then the spring springs
Again and again
The leaves grow large
When the rains die down
Then the fires burn back
Everything on the ground
And then just as soon as
The forest fires clear
We’ve finished up another
Oregon year
The autumn leaves leave
The winter rains reign
And then the spring springs
Again and again
Kevin Ahern is an Oregon State University professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Biophysics. In his retirement, he writes verses.
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