Ineffectual Generosity
by cricketjeff on February 4, 2012. © Jeff Green, All rights reserved
In Umbleania by the sea
King Bob has set the penguins free.
He’s wept to see his gesture wrecked,
It’s had no positive effect,
It seems King Bob was not aware
There were no captive penguins there.
Author notes
Umbleania-by-the-Sea has not been in the news much lately, although some of you
will have seen the reports of the failure their last Moon Mission, apparently
the kite needed a longer string.
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