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If I Knew How To Carve a Scrimshaw

If I knew how to carve a scrimshaw I would carve the world’s prettiest scene I would carve out a catfish jumping out of a lake After I carved a frog sitting on a lily pad I would carve one on a dinosaur’s bone And the other on a whale’s tooth If he would let me

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Date: 9/5/2021 3:32:00 PM
dont get too close or you may be dinner lol:-) hugs jan xx
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/7/2021 3:15:00 AM
I wondered later, do whales have teeth?
Date: 9/5/2021 3:09:00 PM
(chuckle) You need to give them a valium first, Caren. This is a very funny poem!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/7/2021 3:15:00 AM
I cannot have a vicadin, but I have never had a valium. I had a vicain once and could not sleep for three days and three nights.

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