"Oh it's nice to have a spine!
It really is so great!
It helps me keep in line,"
Said the happy vertebrate.
"A central nervous system
Is the boon of our subphylum.
Oysters clearly missed 'em
Which is why they are not smilum.
"No, you never see an oyster smile,
But those of us with backs
(Like the knobbly crocodile)
Are grinning stacks and stacks.
Perhaps we're rather boist'rous,
We who are so dorsal,
But better thus than oysterous -
Him's a squidgy spineless morsel."
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If I Only Had a Spine
Or, the Song of the Transnational Phobics Association
I could while away the hours,
Not cowering from the flowers,
Not shrinking from the vines:
Yes, I would be worthy of you,
And not a bit nervy of you
If I only had a spine!
I shall have the image of glittering red shoes in my head for hours now.
Hoorah!
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