The hard coal's called bituminous, <br />Or is that anthracite? <br />Stalactites grow down from caves, <br />Or do I mean stalagmites? <br />Those fluffy clounds are nimbus - <br />No - wait - they might be cumulus. <br />And that kid who was raised by wolves - <br />Was he Remus - or Romulus? <br />The brothauruses ate no meat. <br />Does that mean they're carnivorous? <br />Or were they brontosauruses <br />And were they herbivorous? <br />A camel is a pachyderm - <br />Or do I mean dromedary? <br />Is this match inflammable? <br />I thought it was incendiary. <br />Octagons - no hexagons - <br />No, heptagons have seven sides. <br />And don't spray fruit with pesticides - <br />Or do I mean insecticides? <br />If I can see right through a thing, <br />Is it transparent - or translucent? <br />These are just some of the things <br />I find confusing...or confuscent.<br /><br />Sheldon Allan Silverstein<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bituminous/
