The World Is Round
Posted by: randal <randal@...>
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Copyright (c) 2005, J. Randal Matheny
THE WORLD IS ROUND
by J. Randal Matheny
The world is round, and so's my head,
And so's the ball I kick;
The sun's a circle, yellow or red,
And the moon makes lovers sick.
My eyelids hide the eyeballs' curve,
My iris, too, is a sphere;
The coffee cups our mothers serve,
The rims in round appear.
A hobbit's door, and window, too,
Are round as round can be.
I'd move to Middle Earth -- and you? --
With a hobbit family!
A rounded coin will buy a sweet
That rolls upon my tongue.
On two round wheels I ride in the street
(Or four for the very young!).
So thank you, God, for making Round,
A useful shape for play;
And, best of all, when we surround
Our rounded plates to pray!
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