Evan Linville Evan Linville


09.15.2021


Matchmaker Boss


The matchmaker boss has a sure strange way

To show his employees he cares

He’s continually thinking and scheming of

How to match them all up into pairs


He really does have a lovely heart

Though a unique way to express it

If only he’d stop all his strategizing

For each matched employee regrets it

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Evan Linville Evan Linville


09.14.2021


The Rooftop Hula-Hooper


John Calipsolipo

Balances on a gable

Always hula-hooping

As long as he is able


He started years and years ago

When he was just a boy

And has not ceased for all these years

Enjoying this wonderful toy


The first time that he went up there

He was just avoiding his math

But now he’s awfully committed

Only stopping for bathroom and bath


He eats his food while standing

While the hoop encircles his waist 

With insistence that it enhances

The enjoyment of how meals taste


John Calipsolipo

Balances on a gable

Always hula-hooping

For as long as he is able

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Evan Linville Evan Linville


09.13.2021


The West End Zoo


When coming to the West End Zoo

Prepare yourself to behold

The glistening smiles of all those there

Each creature—the young and the old


The zoo is known the world around

As a leader in sparkling teeth

For their practice is far from superficial

They attend to all layers beneath


And thrice a day a man comes round 

Inspecting enamels and gums

And he whistles a tune while he brushes them all

Except with the predators, he hums


So when I come to the West End Zoo

I really hope to apprentice

With the one and only, the greatest around

The fantastic West End Zoo Dentist

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Evan Linville Evan Linville


09.10.2021


A Verse for Birthdays


Birthday party

Birthday cakes

Make with care 

And great care takes


To make a pal

A special plate

With which the day

To celebrate

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Evan Linville Evan Linville


09.09.2021


Above the Law


Regulation of Nonsense 

That’s the work that I’m in

But I keep calling up 

And my voice won’t reach him


And I typically just

Keep my feet on the ground

But he can’t hear my message

No he can’t hear a sound


If I had the use

Of a large megaphone

I could shout out quite loudly

“It’s a NO NONSENSE zone!”


But I’ve counted down options

And I’ve come to the last

So it’s time to move swiftly

Yes I’ll need to move fast


And though it’s not best

And I quite disapprove

I will fly up to tell him

That this nonsense must move

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