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A NOBEL PRIZE ODE
How many doves are in a peace of mind,
How many pigeons must coo?
How many seizures must one fellow have
Before we must have seizures too?
Yes, and how many tines are in a fishing spear,
And how many fishes are near?
The answer, my friend, is floatin' in the sea,
The answer is floatin' in the sea.
Yes, and how many bears can a salmon avoid
Before it can spawn and then die?
How many people have salmon annoyed
Before they are deboned and fried?
Yes, and how many dolphins has one boy enjoyed
While bounding along on the tide?
The answer, my friend, is floatin' in the sea,
The answer is floatin' in the sea.
Yes, and how many beers can a boozer enlist
Before he must rise up to pee?
Yes, and how many drinks can a drunkard resist
Before he drives into a tree
That suddenly showed itself dead ahead
That somehow he just didn't see?
The answer, my friend, is floatin' in the sea,
The answer is floatin' in the sea.
Yes, and how many ravens must utter a cry
Before they descend to their meal?
Yes, and how many teeth did the dead driver have
Before he no longer could feel?
Yes, and how many flies will it take 'till he knows
For certain that this must be real?
The answer, my friend, is floatin' in the sea,
The answer is floatin' in the sea.
-- Wesli Court
