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I Am a Gnu

I am a gnu but I wanted to be an ox. Or an antelope or artic fox. Enlightened by summer’s equinox, Rowing my boat like a well-trained cox, Please meet me today down by the docks. Where maidens preen in pretty flowered frocks. But do not wear those stupid ugly argyle socks. I will be the large one wearing the face of the ox.

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 7/3/2020 1:58:00 PM

Just think if you were a gnu in Italy. Then Italians could ask you, "What's a-gnu." And you could answer, "I'm a gnu." And then --- oh, forget it. Too corny, even for me. ~ Stubborn as a gnu

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/3/2020 6:41:00 PM

Come on. Nothing is too corny for us.