Cowardly Couplets
(With no excuses offered.)
Christopher Bogart
I sing of war in Troy and punishment swift,
And lessons learned when Greeks come bearing gifts.
When, in one wooden horse, armed soldiers sought to hide,
Did anybody think to look inside?
If only Marie Antoinette could fake
A smidgen of compassion, and some cake,
Then, at the guillotine, she could have said:
“Did I say cake? Well what I meant was bread.”
They claimed that the Titanic could not sink,
Yet thousands found last refuge in the drink.
When some fool thought that cocktails would be nice,
Not straight up, but with just a “little” ice.
Our history is filled with clever ruses,
And many errors, covered by excuses,
But none is lamer than the one most quoted:
“I really didn’t know the gun was loaded.”
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