I thought I’d be clever and have some fun
With our local merchant, Mr. Dunn
So I asked him to please and quick
Bring me…

A kilogram of poundcake
A yard of inch worms (blue)
A handball full of cubic feet
And a gallon of cupcakes too

I’ll need a tiny elephant
One hyperactive sloth
A lovebird with a broken heart
And a spider-eating moth

A guy named Kelvin Fahrenheit
(a deathly shy crowd-pleaser)
And as many isotherms as you
Can pack inside a freezer

I seek a sideways redwood tree
A ripple on a dried-up sea
A place where one and one is three
Mr. Dunn,
Please bring them all to me

Mr. Dunn has since retired
And will not speak to me.|