The Alphabet of American Animals

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The armadillo, the armadillo has armor above but not below 
The bear, the bear has a lot of hair everywhere
The coyote, the coyote can never let the chickens be
The deer, the deer are always full of fear
The eagle, the eagle, to hunt it is illegal
The frog, the frog when female thinks it's sexy if you croak
The gator, the gator will catch you now and eat you later
The hummingbird, the hummingbird is so light that it's absurd
The iguana, the iguana is out of control in Florida but not yet in Louisiana
The jellyfish, the jellyfish when stranded on a beach is smelly and goes "squish"
Krill, krill, unlike shrimp, has an external gill
The sea lion, the sea lion just wants a sunny rock to lie on
The moose, the moose when male has to fight to reproduce
For the newt, for the newt the lizard is no substitute
The otter, the otter in the water you can spot her
The porcupine, the porcupine won't be told to grow a spine
The quail, the quail likes to hang out by the trail
The rattlesnake, the rattlesnake when threatened makes its rattle shake
The skunk, the skunk, it badly stank
The tortoise, the tortoise isn't known to make a ton of noise
The unicorn, the unicorn, its inclusion here is bound to be the cause of scorn
The vulture, the vulture deserves the bad rep it has in our culture
The wolf, the wolf has been known to howl all by itsolf
The xenarthrans, the xenarthrans are slow and have clawy hands
With the yellow-bellied marmot, with the yellow-bellied marmot, the question always is: Is it a-scared or not?
Zoology, zoology is a subject to which I hereby owe an apology

Apologies also to Karl Valentin and Wilhelm Busch.