Boing

Of all the goose down things to do
Loading your sweater full of lint balls
White on black
To create the illusion of a galaxy
Is probably the most underrated

To carry a cow overhead
Practice with a calf
Everyday
From the time you are small
Eat grains and feed the cow lawn

Before joining the Papal Circus
We would draw pictures on toilet paper
And swallow them
Once we could make out the complete drawing
We were ready
We stopped questioning faith
And started believing in sleep apnea

Down the river from the bacon camp
There was a bug juice band
That used to play the theme to Andy Griffith
Then they all just holed up
And dried into a flaky batch of Matlock

Long about the time the flea market went all barter
There were residents complaining that the whole world was becoming California
Little did they know
Shandong was hot on their trail
Now we all speak Shriveled Atlas
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