Flying Hag
Winding up in the hospital is something nobody would need.
We can say all you fools were the victims of greed.
Captain Culpeper thought he could get away with the money.
You saw what happened after that. All of you suffered injury.
The captain threw away the pension he earned on the force.
His daughter changed her name, and his wife filed for divorce.
He will have the book thrown at him ignominiously,
while all you other guys will get off rather lightly.
That event on the ladder was such a humiliation.
You will spend time together here for rehabilitation.
Before Mrs. Marcus, Emiline, and Monica came through the door,
Bengie threw a banana peel into the middle of the floor.
Mrs. Marcus slipped on the peel, and down to the floor she went.
An unending stream of laughing came from each injured gent.
Never had anyone seen such an amount of merriment.
Is it true the best medicine for any ailment is laughter?
We might say each one of these guys lived happily ever after.
Based on the 1963 film "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World"
Copyright © Robert Pettit | Year Posted 2012
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