Pre-AI Inefficencies

  
	A bikini will not conceal
           a redwood tree’s warts

        Though this is revealed in neither
          fortune cookies nor in Cracker-Jacks boxes
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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Borg Avatar
August 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Do they make them that size?
Rolland Avatar
August 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
funny and creative, you always surprise me poet, thanks
Rodgers Avatar
August 11, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Hello Gershon, LOL, that two-line image, a small, sharp joke, and you turn a ridiculous mismatch into a clear truth about scale and pretense. Your second couplet, fortune cookies and Cracker Jacks, sends the poem sideways. I truly liked the economy, a few words, a full picture, and a laugh that carries a sting. Very Gershonian! Blessings, Daniel
Lawless Avatar
August 11, 2026 at 4:43 AM
with all that wood around it would probably start a forest fire....
Wolf Avatar
August 11, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Speaking of fire, perhaps the bikini might set off fires even sooner.
Edmonds  Avatar
August 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
But it will conceal its thoughts… Beryl
Wolf Avatar
August 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Revealing comment there, Beryl. :) gw
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