10/30/2009

When I wake up at 11 o’clock,
I am supposed to be daytime.
4 o’clock I am awake. Why?
Think about it.

Swine Flu?
Perhaps tomorrow
we shall have Fish Flu.

BIO:

Muammar Gaddafi has eight children, seven of whom are sons. He is the de facto leader of Libya. Mike Ugel sent us this poem. He lives in Gurney, Illinois, where he volunteers at the public library. He is retired from a career of teaching school.
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