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2) THE HOME THE FROGGIES HAD Way back when, long time ago, People discovered that if you merely Turned the water off and on and off a few times At the tanks at the top of UCSC, You could create absolutely amazing results In the gaskets in the plumbing At the bottom of UCSC. At first people couldn't believe their eyes. So, they tried a few more times. Next, people wondered if they could Create even more spectacular effects By pouring thundering tons Of storm run-off into the natural plumbing At the top of UCSC. Lo and behold! One of the places The mountain has blown a gasket Is right underneath the Old North Pond, Which was full of red-legged froggies. It was their home! Now, if you blow a gasket Beneath a pond full of red-legged froggies, How do you fix it? The wisdom of our culture Says not to make Humpty-Dumpty messes. (That's why you tell kids About Humpty Dumpty.) It's such a mess for the froggies That people with great titles And fantastic salaries Have been called upon for help. It doesn't do any good. They won't come! You'd think that maybe they would say It's all been just a coincidence. (That would be fun!) But they won't say a word. That's weird! ... because it says Right on the internet and sometimes on TV That a university is where people talk And even go in for discourse and dialog About things. And yet they won't say a word About the fact that those froggies had a home But that now that wonderful pond is gone. Red-legged froggies aren't protected. |
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