Best Generalization Poems

Absurd situations amuse me; they get written into poems.
Foolish generalizations about groups of people infuriate me; 
they also get written into poems.
All Irish, all whites, all English, all red-heads, there is no all.  
It makes not a whit of sense.

But the one thing that...

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You see a car and you instantly think
She’s young, She’s cute. She’s blonde. She’s perky.
She’s a smiler. She has perfect nails.

Then you catch up.
She is a he.
About eighty.
Struggling to see.

You see a truck and you instantly think
He’s the boss. He has little cowboys. He is...

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Introverts like animals better than people,
like to read, can entertain themselves for hours
I am an introvert.

Extraverts like being with friends, like being the center of attention,
like being loud and obnoxious!
I am an extrovert.

Oververts like exaggerating, making up stories, and like doing
things with a zealous spirit...

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What do you expect? His mother looks twelve.
Generalizations like this bother me.
 “I was a young mother,” I say.
“I bet you were a better mother later,” she says.
“No, I was not,” I tell her. “I was a good mother sooner.
“You are an exception,” she says.
“No,...

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