That's The Way

That's the way the stomach rumbles
That's the way the bee bumbles
That's the way the needle pricks
That's the way the glue sticks
That's the way the potato mashes
That's the way the pan flashes
That's the way the market crashes
That's the way the whip lashes
That's the way the teeth gnashes
That's the way the gravy stains
That's the way the moon wanes

-- William Burroughs



I really, really like the rhyme scheme on this one -- the deviation from the aa, bb thing he originally set up in the first four lines makes tons of sense, if you think about it. And that Mr. Burroughs decided to rhyme five lines instead of three (or, horrors, four) in order to get the message across, well. . . This is just plain rad!