Tail Rhyme

TAIL   RHYME



Small curly pink one for   Mr.  Pig
Beatrix Potter’s Peter rabbit’s  is fluffy to lie on. 
Absurdly small whippy one for elephant so big
Long  one with paintbrush end for Mr.  Lion

All foxes  have  tails  called  brushes
Flying   kites have tails as well
A prehensile monkey-tail  often rushes
Flying parrots have tales to tell

Delicately sensuous and  curled around on the windowsill
Ginger or calico or black or white
Cats tails are the most pullable for kids that will
So they mostly stay well out of sight.

The fattest of  tails is the  blue-whale tail
Volumes of water induce great  length
That’s a whale of a tale, never stale:
Ocean of space allows it fluid strength.

Short fishes? They  have tails as well as fins.
Anaconda?   Now that’s a long, gripping tale.
Snakes?  Don’t know where the tail begins.
Overall winner?  A comet-tail in space  -  without fail.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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