Classic Poem

There was once upon a time a man who lost the
Dictionary and he kept saying ladies and gentlemen
I have nothing up my sleeves and the audience smiled
Since the children were present and after all the children
Were happy and the happiness of children is a serious matter
If one lives in Rutherford New Jersey and owns a car and
Can never be caught in the wrong church on Sunday I mean
That if you suddenly saw a field of sunflowers and
Remembered your wife telling the maid that your room
Must be cleaned this time as a room should be cleaned
And absolutely you cannot keep that appointment with
Mrs. MacFalley the woman with waved hair and slim
Everything and besides the taxes are due on the
Thirty-first and the mirrors forget everything they see.