Friday, September 17, 1999

A Poem About Guppies and Baboons

A baboon is bouncy and bubbly and fun
Just like a guppy, but bigger than one
Baboons can swim, but guppies swim better
Baboons are fuzzy, but guppies are wetter
Guppies don’t swing on a branch in a tree
Baboons just sit there and itch at a flea
Guppies blow bubbles and float at the top
But the floating part happens when their tiny hearts stop
Baboons when they die just hang from a vine
Even in death they try to look fine.
Guppies are better than baboons any day
But I have to admit they aren’t fun to play…
     with.