Never Go Together © 2003 David Roth

There are lots of words in English

That go well with one another

Like Abbott and Costello

Salt and pepper, bread and butter

Mom and Dad or Mom and Mom

Or Aunt along with Uncle

Soup and sandwich, Will and Grace

Simon...and Garfunkel

But other words might not as ably

Coexist in tandem

Thus care should be applied that they’re not

Coalesced at random

Jumbo shrimp, computer jock

Good riddance, plastic glasses

Airline food, same difference

Synthetic...natural gases

Living dead found missing

In a sanitary landfill

Pretty ugly, business ethics

Ten ounce poundcake, tiny mouthful

But of all the words in English

That should never go together

Soft rock butt head small crowd tight slacks...

“Governor Schwarzneggar”