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Scary Harry

Just a little Monday morning humor....for all the weekend warriors:)

 

Scary Harry cut his hair
Shaved his head so it was bare
Underneath his scary hair
Harry’s hairless head was square

Scary Harry grabbed his hair
Glued it to his head with care
Curled his hair to hide the square
Combed it neat so not to scare

Scary Harry made a err
You can’t glue back on your hair
It fell off and left him there
With a head that’s square and bare

Scary Harry’s scary hair
Isn’t scary cause it’s bare
 It’s the bareness and the square
Of his head that is a scare

Comments

1- Pags on June 4 2007

*chuckling* This is just the sort of poetry this site needs more of!

A tiny nit - there are two places where I think that a run-on line would add to the humour if you can make them work. - 'Err' could become 'err-or',  and the word 'square' at the end of the penultimate line could become 'square-ness-

2- Leanne on June 4 2007

Jen, voila, I think you've got the rhythm perfect in this one!  Silly Harry.  Though, I'm wondering what his motivation was for cutting his hair in the first place... a dare?  Mightn't hurt to stick in another early verse.

3- Shannon McEwen on June 4 2007

The problem with your poems Jen is that they always get stuck in my head! I really like this one!
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Life is what happens while you wait for great things.

Life is what happens while you wait for great things.
Jennifer Ragan

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on June 4 2007
from Camillus, New York

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