It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Play Ball

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Mommy Redhead
Daddy Longlegs
and Baby Billy
went to a ball game

Someone hit
a grand slam
 
You could hear
almost everyone cheer
 
Ten people
spilled their beer

Baby Billy
pointed to a bird

Someone stole third
 
The rally monkey
danced the bugaloo
 
Mommy Redhead
headed for the loo
 
Daddy Longlegs
danced with a kazoo
 
The home team won
10-2
 
The game ended
with a prayer
led by Someone
—the Most Valuable Player—
 
Everyone went home happy
(Almost everyone)

Baby Billy had
a mustard stain
on his bib
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©  PAUL OLIVERIO  ©
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2 comments:

  1. Sounds like major league fun.

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    1. ...At a minor league ballpark.

      This poem was inspired by a minor league team
      in Harrisonburg, Virginia and is dedicated to
      my friend VALERIE, the free ticket dispenser
      and health club owner

      https://valleyfitnessharrisonburg.com/

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