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Fishing For Pike

Khalid Mukhtar · October 31, 2015 ·

Gulls swoop.
Dodge poop.
Fish bite;
All right!
Pike soup for dinner tonight.

Come again

Khalid Mukhtar · October 31, 2015 ·

It’s wet,
It’s sweat.

It’s not;
It’s snot.

Sayyaad Al-Sarsoor

Khalid Mukhtar · October 31, 2015 ·

Sayyaad Al-Sarsoor’s occupation
Was from the most curious of jobs:
He hunted cockroaches, and shaped from them brooches
That ladies emblazoned upon their hijaabs.
I tell you it was the most curious of jobs.

Light me a chulha

Khalid Mukhtar · October 31, 2015 ·

Light me a chulha
For my handsome dulha;
I made him hot chai
But he prefers it coolah.

Cleaning Glasses

Khalid Mukhtar · October 31, 2015 ·

Every so often I take off my glasses
And reach for a scrap that is clean,
I polish one lens, and then do the other,
And wonder how dirty they’ve been.

Make me an omelette

Khalid Mukhtar · October 31, 2015 ·

Make me an omelette covered in cheese,
Green peppers, black olives and cream, if you please.

Gus The Gentlemouse

Khalid Mukhtar · October 31, 2015 ·

Respectable Gus Nibble Gnawsom
Apparels in manner quite awesome;
His trousers of cotton are properly starched
With shirt neatly pressed, and epaulettes arched,
And tan leather boots whose ebony laces
Would help Gnawsom get into elegant places;
His coat lined with taffeta, cuff links of bronze
Do help him to forge the most friendly of bonds;
Apparel that brightens the bearing of Gus,
There never was more handsome a gentlemouse.


Note: It would be most gnawsome to pronounce it gentle-mus, evidenced by the last couplet.

Rosy Mariam Redhijab

Khalid Mukhtar · October 31, 2015 ·

Rosy Mariam Redhijab
Loves to eat corn on the cob,
She likes it with butter, she loves it with salt,
And washes it down with a butterscotch malt.

Over The Ocean Blue

Khalid Mukhtar · October 31, 2015 ·

Teddy Lou Potter and his little daughter
Sailed over the ocean blue,
A curious otter pulled them in the water
And gave them a cold. Ahchoo!

Don Dalrymple

Khalid Mukhtar · October 31, 2015 ·

Don Dalrymple had a dimple
In his little chin;
You hardly ever saw it ‘cept
When Dalrymple would grin.

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