Stephen Hawking Seems to Think It's Saddle-Shaped

I'm eating a hot dog for breakfast
With mustard and ketchup
Watching lecture 18 of 
'How to Listen to & Understand Opera'
Sometimes it's pain au chocolat,
But I'm in pain getting in the car at
6:41am; I drive in the darkness
Cuckoos, frightened birds,
Donkey-Jupiter, hurdy-gurdy
Tears, sorrow, cries 
I hear the clouds -
See a chariot drawn by two frogs
I say out loud, "That's a mad silhouette of a person."
Such a description may well give the 
Impression that the Earth is out of sorts
And every morning, this is the 
Birth of comedy

I check the football news 
There was a punch-up at the end of yesterday's game.
"Look how happy the crowd is to see a man being strangled."
The pig is in the poke.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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Achara Avatar
February 8, 2026 at 8:17 AM
The last line made me chuckle. A fine write.
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