Why an egg?
Brancusi liked eggs.
Humpty Dumpty, though never explicitly stated, is an egg.
Chickens lay eggs.
So do snakes and spiders.
Some are brown,
Some are White.
I’ve heard some are green!
But that aint right…
There’s Faberge eggs,
Scrambled eggs,
Easter eggs…
Some have yolk,
Some are hard boiled
gross…
Released during ovulation
They are ovular
Increased procrastination,
missed the bus now i’m ovu-late.
That’s why…
an egg.
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