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“Birthday” and “AAA In The First Century AD”

By John Grey

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Birthday

Thank you for giving me
the complete works
of George Bernard Shaw.
I find if I stand on them
I can reach the top of the closet
and stow away last year's gift,
the complete works of Dickens.

 
AAA In The First Century AD                         

Saul was next to me
at the counter
requesting a Triptik
for the road to Damascus.
Can we book an inn
for you?
inquired the clerk.
Yes, Saul replied,
but could you make
it in the name of Paul.

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John Grey is: Inventor of a machine that does the work of two men and requires three men to operate it. One of the original Bowery Boys (the one on the left). Man of few words including strudel. Creator of the first computer virus that's never infected a single PC. Currently working on a rock musical of "The Da Vinci Code".