Ten-Finger Exercises

Generic zucchini: SQUASH

You wanna hear a ghost story?

S Q U A S H

Do you know of any word more unattractive to the ear?
And even to the face of the speaker?

Well, one dark night, in the middle of the garden,
I can hardly bear to say it but, a - gasp! Squash
Got together with a gourd.
Now...I’m not saying if it was a crookneck or not,
But all’s I know is...
The progeny...
Of this miscegeny...
Was pimply.
And it rattled.
And you could hang in on your arm.

Bet you’ll think of... that
some dark night...
when you go out to the garden
to pick vegetables!

***

I think I haven’t been in my right mind this week,
but I’ve forgotten where I left the other one.

Wanna take odds on whether it gets
better...
or worse...
next week when I have two six-year-olds living here?