Using Your Head (An Epigram)


from the ABC set poemsbypaulmccann

Structure
The Epigram

A short poem with a witty ending often a satiric or paradoxical twist ,

My example

Using Your Head

By Paul McCann

I said to the teacher ,
I am a poor creature ,
spare me the time to think .

I should have done my sums ,
with my fingers and thumbs ,
but my pen ran out of ink .

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