Bert

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I saw an epitaph with a single name,
all it said was ‘Bert’, engraved, just ‘Bert’.
What is wrong with being named ‘Bert’?
Why is it such a social issue? Why is Bert

so evil?

Usually poetry has some kind of form or rhyme or meter.
or whatever — but poems about Bert have no such structure.
Bert, an evil entittty, can proceed ‘Willy Nilly’, a song about
whales that he likes to bring up often.

so evil.

Like I say, his gravestone has been carved here for anyone
to come and see (before bedtime for little babies). Like I say,
we used to share an apartment together for ages. Rubber ducky?
We used to have a Rubber Ducky. Where is that now, Bert?

so evil!

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6 thoughts on “Bert”

  1. Avatar of admin
    October 22, 2009 at 11:01 pm
    admin says:

    Elmo is the Evil fucker!

  2. Avatar of admin
    October 24, 2009 at 8:09 pm
    admin says:

    FUCK BERT

  3. Avatar of pgroar
    March 5, 2010 at 11:43 am
    pgroar says:

    The Rubber ducky is gone like my childhood.

  4. Avatar of elbowsonthetable
    March 24, 2010 at 3:56 pm
    elbowsonthetable says:

    I wasn’t permitted to watch Sesame Street as a child. So, I find it interesting to read that others feel the same way my mother did.

  5. Avatar of runningvein
    March 25, 2010 at 4:53 am
    runningvein says:

    Well, like all things in life, most people on Sesame Street are fine, upright citizens. It is just that … Bert. He’s a bad apple.

  6. Avatar of Teiera
    April 22, 2010 at 8:18 pm
    Teiera says:

    Bert was just misunderstood, ernie was the fucked up one

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