Pylimitics

"Simplicity" rearranged


A Short Essay on the Official Procedure for Breaking-in New Tennis Balls

I like to play with tennis balls;
got new ones. They’re okay,

but I have to fix ‘em up a bit
before they’re fit for play.

They need the outsides ripped and torn.
And next get rolled around.

Not in grass, but in some dirty,
muddy patch of ground.

Then I leave them in the yard;
they’re lost and later found.

In about a week,
or even two or maybe three,

They’ll be ready for some games —
the funnest toys you’ll ever see. 

-Chocolate



About Me

I’m Pete Harbeson, a writer located near Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to writing my own content, I’ve learned to translate for my loquacious and opinionated puppy Chocolate. I shouldn’t be surprised, but she mostly speaks in doggerel.