I sat in the night

I sat in the night, with my hands on my head
And the night sat inside of my brain.
And I counted the stars with my fingers and toes
And then counted the droplets of rain.
The raindrops were simple, the stars were stuck-up
(After all, they’re the ones with the fame)
But raindrops are wet and they wetted me too
Which means we are one and the same.

My Pet Pelican

I have a pet—a pelican
I think he’s rather swellican
He always heeds when I say “Come!”
I never have to yellican
He catches me fresh fish to eat
And more fresh fish to sellican
And when it rains, he shelters me
His wings like an umbrellican
A better friend I’ll never have
I do so love my pelican
Although, with all the fish he eats,
He has begun to smellican

Grandma's Dentures

Grandma just got dentures
They’re really rather nice
But to hear her talk about them
You’d think the things were mice
“I’m sure I set them down here.
Right by the drying rack.
They must have gone a-scamperin’ off
Just when I turned my back!”
Then later she’ll say, “Here they are!
Right by my walking stick.
Can you believe they made it here?
Yee-gads, those things are quick.”
We’ll say, “Glad you found them.”
And then we’ll roll our eyes
She ought to buy a denture wheel
To give them exercise.

Seafood Brunch

The yearly ocean potluck
Is the brunch I like the most
There’s homemade strawberry jellyfish
And halibutter for toast
Sip the manatea—it’s delicious
And give the crab apples a try
Sample walrussian vodka, and for dessert
Have some fresh-baked octopie!

Fish Wishes

When you wish upon a star
Doesn’t matter where you are
But if it’s fish that you wish for
Better that you’re near the shore

The Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

So it’s truemutruemunukunukuapua’a
That youmuyoumunukunukuapua’a
Are a humuhumunukunukuapua’a?
I never knewmuknewmunukunukuapua’a!

The Anemone Enemies

The anemone enemies live
In anemone enemy denemies
Ten anemone enemy women
Ten anemone enemy menemies
They like to write down stories
With anemone enemy penemies
And mornings they gather their eggs
From anemone enemy henemies
Some enjoy meditation
They seek anemone enemy zenemie
But those who pray to God
Say their anemone enemy amenomies.