Saturday, May 8, 2004
[1945 - This day, celebrated throughout the free world, was V-E Day]
Hummingbird Brains
The hummingbird and bumblebee,
Hover to feed when they fly, you see.
A sage once proved they couldn't do it.
But they declined to eschew it.
Without a single "beg your pardon,"
They flitter, flit, and hover so,
Nor ask permission whence they go. Illiterate bird and insect dunce,
You have not read my study once.
How will you profit from my knowledge,
When your heads are filled with porridge? Get thee hence, insolent creatures.
Why won't you listen to your teachers?
If you persist in this behavior,
Neither man nor God will be your savior.
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