S M Chen

S M Chen Dec 2016

An expert safecracker with brawn
Was caught at his work before dawn.
Though he paid for his deeds,
His epitaph reads:
"Here lies a pro and a con."

S M Chen Dec 2016

In 18th century Europe

An addicted artist awoke
And vowed to give up ro-coke.
A gambler in debt,
He increased his bet,
Deciding to go for baroque.

S M Chen Dec 2016

Best things

A woman returned from a spree
Of shopping that brought her much glee.
When her husband espied
All she'd bought, he just sighed,
"The best things of wife are not free."

S M Chen Dec 2016

Perils of a polyglot

Said an aging linguist named Flynn,
"I hardly know how to begin.
The words I once used
Now make me confused;
I forget which language they're in."

S M Chen Dec 2016

Somnambulism

A lean, young peripatetic
Thinks slimness may be genetic.
Both father and son
Find sleepwalking fun,
Despite a pace that's frenetic.

S M Chen Dec 2016

NaCl

One thing we think deserves mention:
Right now there's no real dissension
About whether salt
May be at fault
As one cause of hypertension.

S M Chen Dec 2016

For less egg on face, stop poaching

Endangered's the beast called the rhino,
Whose horn is prized by the Sino.
I asked one (with a smirk):
"Does this stuff really work?"
He softly replied, "Oh my, no."