Destination Dubious

I bicycled to Kenosha once 

From beautiful Highland Park. 

I wouldn’t mind doing that ride again, 

But I don’t want to stay after dark.

Indefinite

The English indefinite article lacks a plural. 

So while it’s proper to say, “Look - a squirrel!” 

If there are more, you have to switch to “some”: 

“Look - some squirrels!” Somehow this seems dumb. 

But, hey, it’s just the way our language evolved, 

And “some” is the workaround by which it’s solved.

Putin Has Met 3 Popes

One of these days, when I am pope 

And Putin asks for a meeting, 

I’ll just say nope, and quietly hope 

He leaves without a greeting.

Two Meanings

In math, the study of "calculus" 

Concerns continuous change. 

But over in Renal Medicine, 

It means kidney stones - how strange! 

They both derive from a Latin word 

Which means "little pebbles", you see - 

The kind that just might help you to count, 

But surely will hurt you to pee.

Due to Arrive Just Before Election Day

It's just a little asteroid, 

Mostly likely a near-miss fail, 

But just in case the earth is destroyed, 

I recommend voting by mail.

The

I'll go along - I'm not urging defiance. 

But when did "science" 

Turn into "the science"? 

We need a definitive article 

About this definite article!

At The Zoo

They say there's a baby boom at the average zoo 

During this time when the animal missing is you. 

Lots of us thought the critters didn't care 

About the visitors who point and stare 

But maybe they do.

Tonight

Saw three of Jupiter’s moons
Through my own telescope.
The truth, as they say, is out there.
Galileo was no dope.

Tonight

Saw three of Jupiter’s moons
Through my own telescope.
The truth, as they say, is out there.
Galileo was no dope.

Mid August

Late summer, and the sun is setting sooner, 

The grass is not so green as once it was, 

Children wonder whether school is scheduled, 

While mothers mutter that the world’s gone wack.

Old Glory

Lots of countries have stripes 

And plenty have stars 

But rarely so many 

Of either as ours. 

It’s a busy design, 

Way out of hand! 

I think it is time 

For us to rebrand: 

One red stripe, one white, 

One star on some blue! 

But whoops, Texas took that, 

So what can we do? 

I guess we are stuck 

With this flag from B. Ross, 

Bizarre in its way 

But too classic to toss!

Stronger Together

Here’s a secret. 

Please don’t blab. 

My running mate 

Will be a Lab.

Democritus Meets Bohr

Philosophers worked out the idea of the atom, 

A solid tiny object, quite un-splittable. 

But physicists proved if you throw the right stuff at ‘em, 

They burst apart. How very inhospitable!

Hard to Figure

If two plus two

Does not make four, 

Is it less 

Or is it more?