Zelda the Zebra

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    Yet another ferry poem folks - written on the San Francisco ferry on the way to work. This one uses a lot of anapest.... Enjoy the read.

    Zelda the Zebra

    To Zelda the zebra nothing is grey.
    She's black with white stripes on the odd numbered day,
    On alternate days its black stripes on white;
    She always makes sure that her leotard's tight.

    Politically speaking shes not in the middle,
    Her ballots all seem like some kind of riddle,
    Red in the background with blotches of blue,
    But blue on occasion with red blotches too.

    She picks at her food like some little kid.
    She always shuns broccoli like "W" did,
    But loves to munch carrots the whole of the night.
    With Zelda the zebra its all black or white.

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    Teardrops commented on Zelda the Zebra

    07-17-2011

    This is funny and the thing about the president was really good . Thanks for a great read Marie

    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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