David Plantinga Biography

King Agamemnon raised a wind
When the whole fleet had lain becalmed.
He'd sacrificed, and hadn't qualmed.
From horror he could not rescind.
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A vegetable sufficiently boiled
And buttered and salted and oiled
Can taste just like meat
Off a parakeet
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Although that shadow's tread was light
And its cold presence absence massed,
A darker darkness to contrast,
A hole in the black cloak of night,
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When the nimble aphids are leaping
And squat caterpillars are creeping
They're fleeing on before
The mower's starting roar,
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Hospitable airport motels serve
Continental breakfast. It takes nerve
To think some continent
Serves food not fit for Lent.
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