#light verse

[existentialcowboy]

Infinity

Give me half of infinity; you can take the rest. We’ll compare the two and see which one has the best.

Mine’s a really big amount, big enough, at least, that when I began to count the counting never ceased.

Half’s enough for anyone, everyone assures, but I hope when all is done, mine is bigger than yours.

Stephen Brooke ©2026

[knightofleo]

Iron & Wine | All In Good Time feat. Fiona Apple

[sohannabarberaesque]

Poetry Corner

So what more could satisfy Breezly Bruin, Sneezly Seal (and their girlfriends) than steaming some king crab from Norton Sound's waters for quite the supper as the Alaskan days dwindle to the point of sunset being around 3:30?

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So what more could pacify Jabberjaw for the sake of Shelley giving him some respect than to insist on Shelley making love with him, and not feeling so disgusted about the interspecies angle?

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So what more could please the Skatebirds than to pull off some seriously fascinating inline skate stunt moves in the middle of a culturally-deprived one horse town, unaware that The Banana Splits are playing at the local ballroom?

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So what more could leeze on Kwicky Koala than just being able to top a SAO tall enough to fit his mouth while dealing with the aromatics of a gum tree forest and the threat of kookaburrae divebombing the SAO?

[lionofchaeronea]

Okay, I know I said I was taking a break, but today is National Coffee Day, and I couldn't resist sharing something I wrote to mark the occasion. Since so much of what I write is heavy and gloomy, this marked a nice change of pace. Enjoy.

[encurrent]

time just does what it does I only wish it wouldn’t do it to us!! it’s only trouble brewing we’ll break even and hide among the ruins, it sounds easy if you never try to do it!! I don’t get taken by surprise anymore!!!

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Wendy Cope

[soulmaking]

Ogden Nash

[memesonnets]

O, gather up the things you value most

and keep them keenly under lock and key.

Pack bags of pudding cups and beans on toast

in case you’re forced to quickly pack and flee.

Take in each wandering and hopeless waif.

Protect them like your daughters and your sons.

It’s up to all of us to keep them safe

from anthropoid marauders' clever thumbs.

Keep silent, and be cautious in your home,

for constant vigilance may save us all.

Avoid the wrath of animals that roam

or risk humanity’s forever fall.

Keep watch, keep word, keep promise, and repent.

We all must fear the random chimp event.