Fishing For Company
I’m an insomniac and I must admit to taking a bit of solace at learning from a podcast that “zebrafish - a common aquarium pet - can have a genetic mutation linked to sleep problems.”
That calls for a limerick, don’t you think?
Fishing for Company
By Madeleine Begun Kane
I can’t sleep. I don’t know what to do.
Troubling thoughts seem to come, right on cue.
But my iPod distracts me
With news that attracts me:
“Sometimes fish get insomnia too.”
(You can find more of my pets and animals humor here and my health humor here.)
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And now some links, for your reading pleasure:
* Carnival Of Satire
* Carnival of Humor [tags]Insomnia Humor, Sleeplessness, iPod, Fish Humor, Zebrafish Limerick, Animals, Scientific Research[/tags]
Excellent limerick :)
Thanks Splarks!
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Thank you for submitting your article to the fish carnival. Nice limerick and interesting link on the insomnia in zebra fish.