Superlatives
“I think the song that is sweetest
Is the one that is never sung;
That lies in the heart of the singer,
Too grand for mortal tongue.”Some poet or other.
The hen egg that is largest
Was the one she never laid;
And the biggest bet in all the world
Was the one we never made.
And the biggest fight that Dallas had
Was the one that did not go;
And the finest poet in the world was the one
That didn’t write “Beautiful Snow.”
The finest country in all the world
Has never yet been explored,
And the finest artesian well in town
Has not at this time been bored.
By Easy Stages
“You’re at the wrong place,” said Cerberus. “This is the gate that leads to the infernal regions, while it is a passport to Heaven that you have handed me.”
“I know it,” said the departed shade wearily, “but it allows a stopover here; you see, I’m from Galveston and I have got to make the change gradually.”