Written on 16 November 2014; published on 1 January 2019; republished on 16 December 2020

SIMPLY PREPOSTEROUS
A Story by Alice B. Clagett
16 November 2014

When I was a young child,
just learning English,
one of my uncles used to ask me
to recite this:

“Simply preposterous, said the hippopotamus!”

and then,
regardless of the degree of my success,
he would smile encouragingly
and hand me a lollipop.

. . . . .

Here is my Grandmother Berry’s favorite song!

Video: “The Filla-ga-dusha Song – Rose O’Day – by Flanagan and Allen,” by jonjamb, 2 April 2010 … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq0Or0at0xw ..

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In love, light and joy,
I Am of the Stars

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poems, poetry by Alice, 2u3d,