Poetry

The Nick and Dick Show

Timothy Murphy

I. Intro   I am the whiskey sloshing in a keg lashed to a mule and bound forever West. My muleteer has one eye and one leg. Sooner than you, he’ll lay me down to rest.   II. Daily Themes   Al Melting had one ink pad, it was red, only two stamps. One was the F, one A. A small mistake, and student, you were dead! Moorhead High School learned to compose this way. (...)


 

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