Intelligence Test

If You Take a Hen to Prom
----in the style of the children's book, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"


If you take a hen to prom,
she’ll want to be sure you match her perfectly.
You’ll have to rent a tux
complete with fancy fluffy feathers
the precise color of her well-groomed attire.
She will want you to take her out to dinner,
an elegant restaurant,
where a kind stranger will offer you a sandwich.
And you will graciously accept this gesture,
eagerly eat this fine cuisine,
and be on your way to the fancy event.
You will begin to regret taking this hen to prom,
soon, you will shrink to the size of a pea
and scream for someone to help you
escape from this horrible hen
of a prom date.

So just remember,
if you take a hen to prom,
the night will not be what you expect.
In fact, you will soon wish it was over
and you were at home with a pint of ice cream crying
and watching a Saturday night soap opera instead.

“Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear”

“Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear”

The mirror reflects
your expression,
your smile or tears,
your distaste or happiness,
every imperfection,
back at you.
Always truthful,
this silver surface
is your best friend
and your worst enemy.

If broken,
bad luck ensues,
seven years of cursed karma,
unless counteracted by
a positive action
to fix the shattered pieces
of the sharp, broken,
truth-teller.

Under an outside influence,
a mirror can change
to be concave or convex,
bending the rays of light
in a direction of choice,
manipulating the reflection
to be smaller or larger
closer or farther,
all a trick of light,
to show what you want to see
or what you don’t.
Instead of the truth
of what actually is.