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Ouch!  Reflecting On Birthdays

By Reg Green
Many Iconoclasts will know Red Skelton’s immortal Algie and the Bear, which goes:
Algie saw the bear
The bear saw Algie
The bear was bulgy
The bulge was Algie.
In honor of our 250th birthday, I’ve updated it:
 

Algie saw the pool

The pool saw Algie
The pool was sludgy
The sludge was algae.

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One Response

  1. Good poetry, but yucky subject. I’d suggest something vindictive —

    Who algaeized Reflecting Pool
    Should in revenge
    get liquid stool!!!

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