Contraflow
Mark O’Flynn
An ear on a mouse? Why not an ear on a tea cup? A ferris wheel on a fire engine A pimple on a pumpkin A hinge would look good on that crowbar A feather boa on a dolphin An eyeball blinking on the back of your hand Give us instead an iceberg in a bee hive A lion in a lobster pot Chickens laying roulette chips A boat in pieces on the rocks A man in an abattoir mooing for mercy A child wrapped in razor wire The truth in a colander A mouse on an ear.
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