Poem meme, encore

[scarfman]

I must have been on the beginning of the crest of the poem meme because I keep seeing it on my flist since. So here's another couple favorites, the author of each unknown.

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I've never seen a purple cow.
I never hope to see one.
But from the milk we're getting now
There certainly must be one.

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The other day upon the stair
I saw a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today.
I think he's with the CIA.

Comments

[billfl.livejournal.com]

They sound like they're from MAD magazine. I'm pretty sure that the last one is.

[scarfman]

Yes, MAD is where I saw the second one.

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

I knew the first one as:

I've never seen a purple cow
I hope I never see one
But I can tell you anyhow
I'd rather see than be one.

That version, Google tells me, is by Gelett Burgess. Yours is quoted there as a parody but it's still uncredited.

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

Er, and I misremembered the words slightly, but I was close.

[scarfman]

I googled for attribution for the one I like, and I could find it.

[fourzoas.livejournal.com]

Those are great fun!

[rose-cat.livejournal.com]

I think I've had milk from a purple cow. Or was it the blueberry granola?