Poems of the Week

Stilted

by Clyde Always

“A Georgia man was so unhappy with his 6-foot frame that he spent more than $100,000
on a Turkish leg-lengthening surgery to add 7 inches to his height.”
New York Post

Stumpity-lumpity,
leg-stretching surgery
boosts one in stature? To
this, I retort:

any procedure so
uneconomical
must leave you feeling a
tiny bit short.