“Ode To Ogden’s Eels”

“I like unagi, except when soggy” — SF

Ogden Nash’s light verse was some of the first poetry I encountered as a kid. My parents had a lovely bound collection of his works that has since been passed on to me. I tended to go for the shorter ones, since I wasn’t much of a reader back then. Here’s the inspiration for my poem above:

“I don’t mind eels, except as meals” — Ogden Nash