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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 2 – Intermediate)
Topic: Write in the POETRY genre (05/17/07)

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• TITLE: Crocodile Tears & Buffalo Wings | Previous Challenge Entry
  By Marilyn Schnepp
  05/18/07
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Have you ever heard
A sparrow complain
That robins have red vests
While they're quite plain?

And surely the burro
Has legitimate gripes:
When he says he feels dull
Next to a zebra with stripes.

And what about the camel
With his crooked spine;
Surely you've heard him
Simmer and whine?

And listen to the buffalo,
Have you heard him cry?
He begs God for wings
So he can fly.

Does the beaver wish
For a bushy tail?
And the bushy tailed fox
Want a house like a snail?

Is the turtle jealous
Of the cheetah's speed?
Does he wish he could climb
Up into a tree to feed?

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No, my friend,
Nature's quite content;
It's human beings
Who weep and lament.

They alter their hair color,
Tan and whiten their skin,
Starve themselves silly
Just to be pencil thin.

Then pierce their navals,
Lips, tongues and eyes;
And Dye, paint and tuck
Their hair, nails and thighs.

Man's so disgruntled
With WHO he is,
That God only knows
If he's a Mister or Miz.

Now, you and I know
We were formed out of sod;
Designed and created
In the image of God.

So think of it THIS way;
It must break His heart
Each time that we alter
His best Work of Art

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