[Max Goodman]

from Light:

Sunny Side Up?

Eggs are thoroughly washed, so the mass
Of consumers won't think the things crass.
.. ........If we spotted a clue
.. ........To their source, then we, too,
Might do just what the chickens did: pass.

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from Measure:

[Thanks to fairy godmother Jayne for formatting help.]

On Eggshells

If he gave someone a dozen eggs, every egg in the carton would have a line of verse on it.
–J.D. McClatchy about James Merrill


His pen.. ...........Roused glee:

“Hooray!”.........."Compact!"

The hen, ..........Too, backed

His lay,..............In fact.

But when...........It's me,

They say,.........."He's cracked!"