THE BACHELOR
By Ogden Nash

In far Tibet

There live a lama,

He got no poppa,

Got no momma,

He got no wife,

He got no chillun,

Got no use

For penicillin,

He got no soap,

He got no opera,

He don’t know Geritol

From copra,

Got no opinion

Controversial,

He never hear

TV commercial.

He got no teeth,

He got no gums,

Don’t drink no Tang;

Don’t need no Tums,

He love to nick him

When he shave;

He also got

No hair to save.

Got no Excedrin

For aching head,

Don’t need Right Guard,

Take bath, instead.

He use no lotions

For allurance,

He got no car

And no insurance,

No Sevareid chat

No Bob Hope humor

For this self-centered

Nonconsumer.

Indeed, the

Ignorant Have-Not

Don’t even know

What he don’t got.

If you will mind

The box-tops, comma,

I think I’ll go

And join that lama.