Diana M. Chien

rhymes for the
modern Nursery

The woman from out of the floor
has, since this morning,
been trying to reach the door.
I sit in my chair and watch her creep
and wonder how far she’ll crawl
while I sleep.

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Leafy bitten knocking wool
Rotten apple pouncing fool
Lorem ipsum, that thing you do
Lorem ipsum, etaoin shrdlu

•••

Herbert Lanagan
has eaten the flan again.

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A gravestone said
to another gravestone,
“Moss moss moss moss moss?”
“Moss,” replied the other,
“moss moss.”