A Tale of the Thirteenth Floor por Ogden Nash The hands of the clock were reachi In an old midtown hotel; I name no name, but its sordid fam Is table talk in hell. I name no name, but hell’s own fla
No, You be a Lone Eagle por Ogden Nash I find it very hard to be fair-min About people who go around being a I just can’t see any fun In soaring up up up into the sun When the chances are still a fresh
The Duck por Ogden Nash Behold the duck. It does not cluck. A cluck it lacks. It quacks. It is specially fond
I Never Even Suggested It por Ogden Nash I know lots of men who are in love And to fall out with their loved o They are conciliatory at every opp Because all they want is serenity Yes, many the swain who has finall
Winter Complaint por Ogden Nash Now when I have a cold I am careful with my cold, I consult a physician And I do as I am told. I muffle up my torso
The Sniffle por Ogden Nash In spite of her sniffle, Isabel’s chiffle. Some girls with a sniffle Would be weepy and tiffle; They would look awful,
The Cantaloupe por Ogden Nash One cantaloupe is ripe and lush, Another’s green, another’s mush. I’d buy a lot more cantaloupe If I possessed a fluoroscope.
The Hippopotamus por Ogden Nash Behold the hippopotamus! We laugh at how he looks to us, And yet in moments dank and grim, I wonder how we look to him. Peace, peace, thou hippopotamus!
Introspective Reflection por Ogden Nash I would live all my life in noncha Were it not for making a living, w
The Pig por Ogden Nash The pig, if I am not mistaken; Supplies us sausage, ham, and baco Let others say his heart is big— I call it stupid of the pig. 1