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ANIMAL JOKES

1.
A kitten snuck back in the house
but his momma was on the quick
to lecture him for being late
and how she had been worried sick.

“Okay, mom, so I’m a little late,
but why shouldn’t I be allowed
to live at least one of my lives
the way I please," the brat meowed.

2.
Two herrings met in the Baltic Sea;
one was grouchy, one was chipper.
Chipper: "Hey, pal, where’s your brother?”
Grouchy: 'Am I my brother’s kipper?'

3.
Few turkeys had survived
that Thanksgiving Day slaughter,
among them a widowed mom
with her unruly daughter.

Scolds the momma turkey:
You naughty, naughty baby,
if your father knew how bad you are,
he would turn over in his gravy!

4.
My kitten sharpened her nails on the couch
and quite upset, I had her de-clawed,
but kitten grinned, then gleefully said,
“Just you wait till I see Santa Claws.”

5.
A Nanny goat did bolt and jump,
then browsed through the city dump.
She ate a book, began to spit
and bleated “Ma-a-a, I don’t like it!”
(I guess she’d have liked the film much better;
she nearly choked on paper, binding, and each letter.)

About This Poem

Style/Type: Structured: Western

Review Request Intensity: I appreciate moderate constructive criticism

Editing Stage: Not actively editing

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Region, Country: Arizona, USA

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Lavender

Lavender

4 years 5 months ago

Animal Jokes

Hi, Jerry!
Methinks you are near genius! Such cleverness doth prevail! You are so talented, even as you step away from your lovely sonnets. I don't know which I think is the best - "kipper" or "gravy." Good one!
Thank you!
L

VanRyan

VanRyan

4 years 5 months ago

Dear Lavender;

your sweet words definitely not only stroke my ego, but inspire me to undertake even greater works. Thank you for liking my cornball jokes, dear lady. Jerry

Asche Keegan

Asche Keegan

4 years 5 months ago

Dear Van,

HA! I was chuckling by the third stanza and downright laughing by the fifth! These are hilarious and wry, and I like them all! XD

VanRyan

VanRyan

4 years 5 months ago

DearAsche;

thank you for chuckling and laughing; now you have got me doing the same. Jerry/Van

Geezer

Geezer

4 years 5 months ago

Yes...

What Asche said! Funny stuff, I was particularly amused by "My brother's Kipper".
~ Geez.
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VanRyan

VanRyan

4 years 5 months ago

Hello Sir Geezer;

thank you for laughing kind sir. And now on to greater and finer things. Jerry