Strangely, I probably had a faint memory of this poem somewhere in the back of my mind when I wrote the poo- poo head line. Billy, before he was Poet Laureate, went to the same college I did. We used to get stoned together. He was funny then, and he's funny now. :-)
--- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > you are not a relable source of information. Go back > > to Langley, you rakshasa poo-poo head! > > http://tinyurl.com/d4hoc > > Child Development, by Billy Collins > > As sure as prehistoric fish grew legs > and sauntered off the beaches into forests > working up some irregular verbs for their > first conversation, so three-year-old children > enter the phase of name-calling. > > Every day a new one arrives and is added > to the repertoire. You Dumb Goopyhead, > You Big Sewerface, You Poop-on-the-Floor > (a kind of Navaho ring to that one) > they yell from knee level, their little mugs > flushed with challenge. > Nothing Samuel Johnson would bother tossing out > in a pub, but then the toddlers are not trying > to devastate some fatuous Enlightenment hack. > > They are just tormenting their fellow squirts > or going after the attention of the giants > way up there with their cocktails and bad breath > talking baritone nonsense to other giants, > waiting to call them names after thanking > them for the lovely party and hearing the door close. > > The mature save their hothead invective > for things: an errant hammer, tire chains, > or receding trains missed by seconds, > though they know in their adult hearts, > even as they threaten to banish Timmy to bed > for his appalling behavior, > that their bosses are Big Fatty Stupids, > their wives are Dopey Dopeheads > and that they themselves are Mr. Sillypants. > > www.bigsnap.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
