A Concubine with really long nails
meant she didn't have to pick up any pails,
or catch any quails,
or clean any rails,
she just sits around and touches cats' tails
and opens mail.
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I Am
I was a Monkey.
Now I am a Gorilla.
People see me as a big fat jelly roll.
I really am a jaguar.
I am Sunflower.
I will be a shark in nine more weeks.