word of the day: discombobulate
you have fins and yet you crawl like a lizard on all fours,
come from lakes but breathe on land like a frog or salamand'.
you're a living fossil stone from the dawn of jaw and bone.
like the tortoises and men, you can age to ten-times-ten.
you're peculiar but, yes, i still count you as my pal,
though we have our differences. everyone does, anyhow.
...but you discombobulate — there's one truth i'll always mind.
i still can't appreciate how you like to eat your kind!
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Menagerie of Mischief
Poetry"Squirrels, eagles, lynxes, deer - all reincarnated here." A collection of prompted poems as part of WattpadPoetry's 'Versification' challenge held every April (Poetry Month), 2022 and 2023. _____ AWARDS: 🥇 Grand Winner Versification 2022 | @Wat...
