Ghazal For Gus
This poem’s about asparagus
A poem that rhymes and doesn’t fuss
With meter, tense or prosody
Written for my grandson Gus.
What else rhymes with asparagus?
Ask Sondheim or Cole Porter – thus
They’d think of something wouldn’t they?
‘Analogous?’ ‘esophagus,’ ‘I’ve missed the bus?’
Who cares if it makes sense or not.
Edward Lear says that’s a plus
And anyway it’s just a poem,
A poem about asparagus.
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