Poem by Bobby Goosey, ME NEITHER

 

Bobby Lee Goosey

 

                                                                       Me Neither

It’s like this, see?:
Amos Otis hates Omis Atis, and
Omis Atis hates Amos Otis, see?
 
So: one day it’s like this here, see?:
Amos Otis meets Omis Atis and
Omis Atis meets Amos Otis, see?
Walking down the street I mean, see?
 
So: it goes like this, I mean, see?:
Ole Amos O. berates ole Omis A. and
Ole Omis A. berates ole Omis O., see?
 
Because it’s like this here, see?: Because
Amos Otis hates Omis Atis and
Omis Atis hates Amos Otis, see?
 
One thing that I just don’t get;
One thing that I’ll never see:
Why do the Otisis all hate the Atises,
And why do the Atises all hate the Otisis,
And why so much hatred in you and in me?
 
When there ought to be naught but love.
How come, huh?
Do you see?
No?
Me neither.
 
[from Bobby Goosey’s Compendium of Perfectly Sensible Nonsense]