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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ABSURD, by WILLIAM A. PHELON
First Line: The fisher gives a mighty pull
Last Line: A short cross-counter nails him!
Subject(s): Humorists
First Line: The fisher gives a mighty pull
Last Line: A short cross-counter nails him!
Subject(s): Humorists
THE fisher gives a mighty pull,
Enough to wreck a church—
He heaves and hauls, and then yanks in
A sickly half-pound perch!
The burly batsman swings in pride
A section of a tree—
But just as he is set to smite,
The umpire says, "Strike three!"
The husky boxer tries the hook
That never yet has failed him—
But, while his fist is in the air,
A short cross-counter nails him!
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