ACROSTICS<br>
<br>
<b>S</b>ummer has arrived.<br>
<b>U</b>nder the trees we enjoy<br>
<b>N</b>apping in the shade.<br>
<br>
<b>S</b>un and moon pass by.<br>
<b>K</b>ites float on top of the wind.<br>
<b>Y</b>ou can feel the breeze.<br>
<br>
<b>M</b>ystery -- no sun, but<br>
<b>O</b>nly shadows. <b>O</b>h, we see<br>
<b>N</b>ight is falling now.<br>
<br>
<b>W</b>eevils turn up their noses,<br>
<b>O</b>nly humans desire it,<br>
<b>N</b>ot made of wheat.<br>
<b>D</b>are to make a sandwich,<br>
<b>E</b>at it if you can,<br>
<b>R</b>eturn for more.<br>
<br>
<b>T</b>ommy had an assignment:<br>
<b>E</b>asy -- just copy a poem.<br>
<b>A</b>ll the libraries were closed --<br>
<b>C</b>omposed a poem of his own.<br>
<b>H</b>e was asked: what does it mean?<br>
<b>E</b>agerly he explained it.<br>
<b>R</b>idiculous, it's not that.<br>
<br>
<b>E</b>very year, about this time,<br>
<b>A</b>dults hide eggs for us to find.<br>
<b>S</b>ome old dude did something great, 
and<br>
<b>T</b>his is why we celebrate.<br>
<b>E</b>ggs are pretty -- that one's 
good,<br>
<b>R</b>ight beside that cross of wood.<br>
<br>
<b>S</b>ought by men from ancient times<br>
<b>I</b>nto coins and vessels wrought<br>
<b>L</b>abor digs it up from mines<br>
<b>V</b>alue given, value got.<br>
<b>E</b>ntrusted to a banker's care<br>
<b>R</b>eplaced with paper backed by 
naught.<br>
<br>
<b>M</b>oney from the nobilities<br>
<b>A</b>ccording to their abilities;<br>
<b>R</b>ed book planning these crimes -or- 
<b>R</b>evolutions and crimes<br>
<b>X</b>eroxed millions of times.<br>
-or-<br>
<b>R</b>evolution unfurled<br>
<b>X</b>eroxed all over the world.<br>
-or-<br>
<b>R</b>ed book on how to take over<br>
<b>X</b>eroxed and spreading like clover.<br>
<br>
<b>L</b>ove a woman, soon she's gone, <br>
<b>O</b>r a cat with ruffles on. <br>
<b>S</b>omeday you will find your way <br>
<b>S</b>o go on your life today. <br>
<br>

<p>
CLERIHEWS<br>
<br>
Bill Clinton<br>
From juleps of mint and<br>
Grits, aspired to the office that towers<br>
Above all others; celebrate with flowers.<br>
<br>
President Clinton, known as Bill<br>
Never fought against his will.<br>
Elected by forty-three percent<br>
The elephants had too small a tent.<br>
<br>
Florence Nightingale<br>
Bravely inviting pale<br>
Bleeding soldiers into her care,<br>
Healed them and sent them back into 
warfare.<br>
-or-<br>
Bleeding soldiers into her hospital,<br>
Strove to achieve the nearly impossible.<br>
<br>
Jesus Christ<br>
Paid the price.<br>
Disciples walked from town to town<br>
And turned the world upside down.<br>
<br>
Jacky Kevorkian<br>
Did Minnie and Corky in.<br>
Why let your body be put on a shelf<br>
When Jack can help you do it yourself?<br>
<br>
Nostradamus<br>
Once was famous.<br>
Predicted disasters and murders and 
weather<br>
They're coming true -- now as ever.<br>
<br>
Peter Pan<br>
Not quite a man.<br>
For Wendy Darling he foresook<br>
Tinker Bell and Captain Hook.<br>
<p>
DOGGEREL<br>
<br>
Nobody reads it, might as well fudge it,<br>
When putting together the federal budget.<br>
<p>
MINE<br>
<br>
The jelly is lost again tonight,<br>
I'm finding it hard to be polite.<br>
I wanted a snack to go with lunch<br>

Somebody has put the stuff away<br>
In closets or jars or bins today.<br>
It's never a good idea to fake<br>
It's keeping me all the time awake.<br>
<br>
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