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Mermaids from Monkeys
In 1842, there was
a travesty called 'The Fiji Mermaid,'
composed from the torso
of a dried monkey corpse fastened
to the tail end of a fish--
Megaphoned mouths
of carnival barkers touted
the splendor of the
so-called 'genuine' mermaid
and seduced willing suckers
'born every minute,'
to dish out oceans of hard-earned money
just so they could gawk at the mocking
man-made monstrosity.
Monday 22nd March 2021 5:12 pm
Hanks Banks
So what, big whoops
I couldn't give two poops
for this fad of gross pretension
a cipher of dark invention
silly folks will rush to see
the brown-stained code of da Vinci
supposed secrets clandestine
teased as religiously unclean
quixotic quest for the Holy Grail
is nothing but a shaggy dog's tail
perhaps a junction of Jesus and Mary
they may have had a baby named Harry
And shouldn't th...
Friday 12th March 2021 12:49 am
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