Over the past week, I’ve been seeing a new kind of roadkill: armadillos. I haven’t seen a live one, but the sad sights reminded me of limerick I wrote when I learned about the prevalence of leprosy in the armadillo population.
A patient was laid up, head on a pillow
Way Down in the Lone Star town, Amarillo
He’d made chili with hot pepper
And months later, was a leper
The ground meat was made from armadillo
Hope you enjoyed it! I’m wrapping up my adventures and will soon be in Western Washington! Once I have a real computer, posts will be coming fast and furious!
We have your parrot and are holding him hostage until you return. We frisked the parrot to make sure he wasn’t carrying a concealed weapon, and we found a thumb drive with top secret data…..