Zebra Question

Posted by Maverick ~ on July 23, 2017

Posted in: Music, Nature, Photography, Poetry. Tagged: John Butler Trio, Shel Silverstein, Zebra Question, Zebras.

I asked the zebra
Are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Or you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?
Are you noisy with quiet times?
Or are you quiet with noisy times?
Are you happy with some sad days?
Or are you sad with some happy days?
Are you neat with some sloppy ways?
Or are you sloppy with some neat ways?
And on and on and on and on
And on and on he went.
I’ll never ask a zebra
About stripes
Again.

12 comments on “Zebra Question”

With Love on July 23, 2017 at 4:35 am said:

Buona domenica ❤

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- Maverick ~ on July 23, 2017 at 7:29 am said:
  
  Buona domenica bella ❤️
  
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delphini510 on July 23, 2017 at 6:15 am said:

I love this poem about the wise Zebra. Makes me laugh too.
Careful about what we ask. The answer might be more than we bargained for.
miriam

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- Maverick ~ on July 23, 2017 at 7:30 am said:
  
  “Careful what we ask for” is a good way to paraphrase it. 🙂
  
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sandyjwhite on July 23, 2017 at 10:44 am said:

Ha! This is wonderful. Offhand comments not well thought through
can bring unexpected replies.

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- Maverick ~ on July 23, 2017 at 8:42 pm said:
  
  Thanks, they sometimes do. 🙂
  
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AmyRose🌹 on July 23, 2017 at 2:48 pm said:

🤣 Love this!! And what an image! 👏

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- Maverick ~ on July 23, 2017 at 8:43 pm said:
  
  Thank you Amy. ❤
  
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Irene on July 23, 2017 at 3:38 pm said:

Ha! Thanks for the laugh.

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- Maverick ~ on July 23, 2017 at 8:43 pm said:
  
  You’re welcome Irene. 🙂
  
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Carolyn Page on July 23, 2017 at 8:04 pm said:

Hahaaaaa… what a clever little zebra, Maverick! 🙂

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- Maverick ~ on July 23, 2017 at 8:44 pm said:
  
  Thanks Carolyn. 🙂
  
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