I never saw a purple cow.
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you anyhow
I'd rather see than be one!
a purple cow is quite a sight
i am here to say
don't pass up the sheer delight
to see one any day
- first stanza Gelette Burgess composed diligently in 1895
_- Second stanza by yours truly.... composed on the spot today
(OK ok ok I WILL admit i have been meditating on this poem for days!!!)
i remember my dad
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when i was a kid
(just the first stanza)
somehow i'd always
associated it
with ogden nash
it's raining hard here
might turn to snow later
last weekend's snow
is pretty much gone from our yard
though still present around town
on north-facing slopes.
Whoops!
there goes our garbage can
rolling down the street in the wind
i'd better go rescue it!
false alarm
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garbage can
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anything but call attention to my
ridiculously apropos response
to the way things are going
now however i've been thinking
that the purple cow is more significant than
i originally thought
it is inspiring all sorts of possibilitieis
in my mind
if you might well imagine
hmmmmn.....
purple cow
now what can i do with that image
i know
how about
blue monk monje azul riding a purple cow singing hank williams tunes
in india
something to think about anyway
on a monday
always that perfect album cover in mind
!