RESUME

                             by Dorothy Parker 

                            Razors pain you;

                            Rivers are damp;

                            Acids stain you;

                           Guns aren't lawful;

                           Nooses give;

                           Gas smells awful;

                          You might as well live.

THE CROCODILE                                      UNTITLED

by Lewis Carroll                                       by Hugh Prather

How doth the little crocodile                  Getting out is getting in

improve his shining tail                         Going in is getting through

And pour the waters of the Nile            (around is not through)

on every shining scale                          I am here is getting there 

How cheerfully he seems to grin           I wish I was there is getting there 

how neatly spreads his claws               (moving is standing very still)

And welcome little fishes                       Having is getting

with gently smiling jaws                         Wanting is not having

                                                            (being is very filling) 

HE ATE AND DRANK THE PRECIOUS WORDS              OLD AGE STICKS

            by Emily Dickenson                                                by E.E. Cummings

He ate and drank the precious words,                             old age sticks

His spirit grew robust;                                                      up Keep

He knew no more that he was poor                                 off

Nor that his frame was dust                                             signs) &

                                                                                        youth yanks them

He danced along the dingy days,                                    down (old

And this bequest of wings                                                age

Was but a book. What liberty                                          cries NO

A loosened spirit brings.                                                  Tres) & (pas)

                                                                                        youth laughs

                                                                                       (sing

                                                                                       old age

                                                                                       scolds Forbid

                                                                                       Must

                                                                                       n't Don't

                                                                                       &) youth goes

                                                                                       right on

                                                                                       gr

                                                                                       owing old