Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for October 25, 2023

There once was a man from Devizes, whose ears were of two different sizes. The one was so small, it was no use at all, but the other one won several prizes!

Least you’re not a skunk…

…you can do this only if you go on Christian Mingle…

… they’ll tie you up…

…and push you to your knees to beg for mercy…

…er…

…I mean to pray…

…and they won’t let you up…

…until you swear to vote NO on Issue 1…

…then they will explore every asymmetrical orifice you could dream of…

…their motto…

…どうもありがと…

…er…

…once you screw you’re screwed…

…also accepted…

…Honda needs more workers…

…and/or….

…a a few minutes in Heaven is worth the …Hello! LADY!…

…that comes later…

“Why do people treat me like a leper? Why do they think I smell so bad? Sometimes I just want to dig myself a hole and curl up inside. Oh, to be a Giant Armadillo back in the day. Cars would not so casually run us over!”

From out there to in there makes the world go ’round.

Not sure that an orifice is meant to be symmetrical. Nose holes, ears and mouth are not, usually. The rest are filled with creases, flaps and muscular closures that defy all attempts at symmetry. The symmetry of the orifice exists in a larger sense, as a balance, a passage, between outer and inner. It is a symmetry between the microcosm and the macrocosm.

That armadillo has been getting bad info.

I dream of an enlighten world where orifices of all shapes will be loved and respected. Except, of course, for the one over there. Yecck!

probably another giant armadillo.

Awww, I know you’re hard on the inside but warm and cuddley on the inside….

….now about those holes…..

Armadillo blues…didn’t Son House record that in the ’70s?

I brake for asymmetrical orifices.

isn’t everything asymmetrical?

Can asymmetry be solved on a country road …?

( CaFfEiNe! )

It’s morning in Autumn allergy time. All of my orifices ooz & spit asymmetrically.

Before I pledge my love, just how asymmetrical are we talking?

You had me at orifice. I love almonds, armadillos can’t be that different.

I know what I’d like to shove into a particular orifice of the armadillo that’s been digging up my yard.

Two of the keys to life: orifices and…cleavage (although not soft and squishy, armadillos are well covered with the latter)?

Arma gonna shell-abrate now!

Holy Moley, Batman! The moral is, not many words rhyme with orifice, and the coral fish made note of this before sinking into a moral abyss.

Not exactly an orifice in one, but orange you a little happier now?

…Ulysses…

…don’t put your hand …

…or a fist…

…in the sirens orifice…

…because they are neither woman or a fish…

…[please dog make me stop!]…

Tough day in the orifice.

25 cents to mind the orifices of my ship.

When I lived in Texas, the only armadillos I ever saw were the numerous squashed ones dead in the middle of the road(s). Where I live now I see deer, but no armadillos. Asymmetrical orifices or not! There is no Justice, my armadillo friend! All is lameness….

Somewhere. Maybe over the rainbow.

The words ‘asymmetrical’ and ‘orifice’ had never been paired in my brain. I was happy then. Now, I can’t get “asymmetrical orifices” out of my head. You are evil, Ms. Burritt, evil.