Some Short Ones

GHOST

 

I saw a ghost

Eating toast

With a host

Of friends

 

And when the ghost

Had finished the toast

He and the host

Just left

 

 

NEVER KISS AN OCTOPUS

 

Never kiss an octopus,

It has too many arms.

And if it gets a crush on you,

You may well come to harm.

 

 

PILCHARDS

 

Pilchards play chess, you know;

They move the pieces to and fro

With slippy little fins,

That have trouble gripping things.

Still, they have fun.

 

 

AN ACT OF WAR!

 

A man went to war with a swine

That had taken a shine to his wine.

This was the last act

To fracture the pact

That had lasted since 1909.

 

 

SELACHIMORPHA SURPRISE

 

If a dogfish bites your ankles

And a ray removes your socks,

Have no fear,

It’s very clear,

It’s just a short shark shock.

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SOUP

 

If you only eat soup once a day,

You will certainly soon fade away,

For despite all the juice,

It will serve you no use,

There’s no substance in such soft array.

 

 

THE BLISTER

 

My sister

Had a blister

On her finger

Red and sore.

So I popped it

With a needle

And the blister’s

There no more.