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Poem by Ogden Nash


The Termite


Some primal termite knocked on wood
And tasted it, and found it good!
And that is why your Cousin May
Fell through the parlor floor today.



Ogden Nash


Ogden Nash's other poems:
  1. Two Dogs Have I
  2. Kipling's Vermont
  3. Listen...
  4. Very Like a Whale
  5. Song of the Open Road


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