by utterlytruthfullaguilas, Murcia, Spain
Jan 2022 260 Views 5 comments
SIDEWARDS
I once kept a crab as a pet
but had not yet chosen its name
I wished to teach it how to speak
or at least emit a small squeak
So finally we got to chat!
I questioned it: “do you in fact,
move yourself sideways or forwards?”
Quoth it, “manifestly FORWARDS!”
I reflectively baptized it
“Progress”.
but had not yet chosen its name
I wished to teach it how to speak
or at least emit a small squeak
So finally we got to chat!
I questioned it: “do you in fact,
move yourself sideways or forwards?”
Quoth it, “manifestly FORWARDS!”
I reflectively baptized it
“Progress”.
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Posted: Jan 2022
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Comments (5)
I know a guy who kept a lobster as a pet, which he had rescued from a terrible death at a fish market.
I don't know what name he gave it/him/her ???
I once went out with a dolphin, she was cute but left me for the ocean. Its hard living life without a porpoise.