Up in the Air
Though loftiness is what
Their travel evokes
Flight attendants really
Are just plane folks
Limerick
Death can most surely unnerve us
Cremate or should someone preserve us?
When Comcast’s Prez died
They took it in stride
And announced there would be no service
Added Limerick
The thief at his trial’s defense
Said the crime didn’t make any sense
Periods and commas
Were taken from dramas
The judge gave him one long sentence
Failure
I feel like such a failure
And here’s the reason why
I love to go fly fishing
But I’ve never caught a fly
Hidden Meanings
Billowing is what a sail will do
Whene’er the the wind fills up it
And also something you will do
If careless with your budget
Purchase means to buy a thing
There are so many cases
It’s also how the bets are made
At all the Greyhound races
A bagel is a breakfast thing
For some it’s much preferred
And also a description of
A kind of harbor bird
A carnation is a flower that
You often give away
And also a description of
The whole US of A
The President leads the country
That isn’t something new
It also is an action that
Auto body workers do
U-turn is a reversing move
With a car or with your legs
And also an instruction for
Making easy over eggs
Television gives to us
Images we can view
And also it’s the kind of thing
That fortune tellers do
Sorghum is a grain that’s grown
To churn molasses out
And also something you should really
Tell the dentist about
Lonesome is the way you feel
When you’re without your honey
And also what a bank will do
With all its vaults of money
Gruesome sights most surely are
Best left unseen and hid
It’s also a description of
What a gardener did
And last, a heron is a bird
Whose long neck earns it praise
And something that bald guys declare
On donning their toupees
And Vice-Versa
My vacuum cleaner
Is broken, yuck
It really sucks
When it doesn’t suck
The End
So I’m finally coming to realize
I’m not going to be here forever
There was a time when I didn’t
Think of that, ever
But, as you get older, your perspective
And other things change in you
Good God, this Dairy Queen
Certainly has a long queue
– Kevin Ahern is an Oregon State University professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Biophysics. In his retirement, he writes verses.
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