Ode Archives: Ric Masten's Ode

Out walking one day

an elderly fellow

was greatly surprised

when from a puddle

beside the road

he heard a toad frog say,

"Kiss me

and I'll turn

into a gorgeous blonde

with whom you can have

your mad impetuous way".

And scooping up

the flirtatious amphibian

he stuffed it securely

deep into the pocket

of his overcoat.

"Hey!"

came a muffled cry

"I said if you kiss me

I'll turn into a gorgeous blonde

with whom you can have

your mad impetuous way".

But the old boy

kept on walking down the road,

"At my age,"

he said,

"I'd rather have a talking toad".