Author: Matt Keough

Bats hang inverted
The cave is dark all day long
When night falls they fly

Cold clear and solid
Melting in my tea tumbler
soon liquid again

Ticonderoga
yellow pencil Number 2
eraser pristine

Hawaiian Islands
Cook called them Sandwich Islands
SPAM came much later

Life is far too short
Time is not to be wasted
Take a chance on love

We have fifty states
Some are difficult to spell
Never use a Q