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.
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