Verses old are here re-told: re-written to be weird or bold.
Roses are red, violets are blue –
But look at a violet: it just isn’t true.
Have you set your brain upon autopilot?
Take a good look: you’ll see violets are violet.
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Unless it is covered with chemical spray
That’s failing to keep little germies away:
They resist it much better now, day after day.
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Little Boy Blue, come play with a Wii;
It’s much more exciting than outdoors can be.
More grand than a sandbox, the games that it plays:
Just feed it forever upon fresh AA’s.
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Tom, Tom, the piper’s son,
Stole a pig and away did run.
The swineherd’s taxes paid the fee
For Tommy’s psychotherapy
While Tom, Tom, the piper’s son
Stole ev’ry day another one –
Said Tommy’s shrink: “Observe: he feels
Much more at peace, each time he steals!”
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A sailor went to sea, sea, sea
To see what he could see, see, see,
But all that he could see, see, see
Was the oil spilled by BP, P, P!
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Tele-Doodle, Marketer,
Thinks he has the power
To make a call and bug us all
Throughout the dinner hour.
Tele-Doodle, give it up:
Tele-Doodle phoney:
We won’t give ear to your career
Riding on baloney!
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Star light, star bright,
Only star I’ll see at night –
For nowadays, the cities’ light
Keeps starry nights from human sight.
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