Short Gerbils Poems

gerbils have the best
kidneys, less waste, odorless
clean, best at thumping


2019 September 18...

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The octopus sometimes forgets
Its suckers when gerbils it pets.
It sticks to its arm,
Then falls, to some harm,
Which both of them deeply regrets.
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The owl is wise
  The fox clever
The burro stubborn
  The puppy dog never

Cats meow
  Snakes hiss
Cows moo
  Goldfish kiss

Kangas jump
  Eagles soar
Bunnies hop
  A walrus snores

Gerbils are messy
  Who'll clean up
If you buy me a rabbit
  I may eat it for sup...

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Why is it the poached egg, betimes
so hard to peel, I wonder.
Why does the strutting hen lay eggs
so hard to pull asunder.
She wants that egg to be her chick

and not my wretched breakfast.
Or, wants her chick be Easter gift
dyed yellow, red, and purples--
A better choice for any child
instead of gerbils....

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Gerbils poem

Two black eyes
Peep out of the bedding
A quivering nose
And not much more
A tail as thick
As a bit of string
It is a gerbil
Is it not?

Two blue eyes
Look into my bedding
Arms and legs
And a good deed more
Clumsy and huge
I wonder why
It grows so slow
And grows so high
It is a person
Is it not?

Copyright © 2017 Diane Cassels...

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Hamsters - rats - gerbils - mice
Small in size - small in price

Rabbits - rabbits - everywhere
Get one free - buy a pair

Goldfish - last few - end of line
Cats with a life still of nine

Guinea pigs - once around
One and five - now a pound

Tortoises - terrapins
Reaching shelf life - bargain bins

Budgerigars - going cheap
Parrot - not dead - just asleep

Lizard - still has mighty roar
Very old stock - a dinosaur...

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