The Platypus

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Stephen Whiteside
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The Platypus

Post by Stephen Whiteside » Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:45 am

The Platypus

© Stephen Whiteside 05.10.10

He’s very shy, but not a wus,
The spur-heeled, duck-billed platypus.
He’s not the duck-billed pussyplat.
I do not think he would like that,
Or plussypat or patyplus.
There really isn’t an excus
For anything but platypus!
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Re: The Platypus

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:55 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol: Very clever Stephen

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Re: The Platypus

Post by Heather » Mon Nov 14, 2011 5:42 pm

What a tongue twister. Very Dr. Suess Stephen.

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Re: The Platypus

Post by Neville Briggs » Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:54 am

Very Ogden Nash, I thought... ;) ..actually very Stephen Whiteside :)
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