Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

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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Jan Allison September 5, 2021 at 3:32 PM dont get too close or you may be dinner lol:-) hugs jan xx Caren Krutsinger September 7, 2021 at 3:15 AM I wondered later, do whales have teeth?

L Milton Hankins September 5, 2021 at 3:09 PM (chuckle) You need to give them a valium first, Caren. This is a very funny poem! Caren Krutsinger September 7, 2021 at 3:15 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.