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''ANYTHING can be.'' }}

 

* [[All Girls Like Ponies]]: The poem "Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony". Let's just say it doesn't end well.

* [[An Aesop]]: Quite often, though sometimes sliding into [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]. For example, in "The Great Smoke Off":

When there's nothing left to roll."'' }}

** And another, from "Perfect High":

Facing another thousand years of talking to God alone. <br />

"It seems, Lord", says Fats, "it's always the same, old men or bright-eyed youth, <br />

* [[Not a Mask]]: The poem "Best Mask?" is a rare example where the maskless person is the narrator.

* [[Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep]]: Parodied in "Prayer of the Selfish Child".

''Amen.'' }}

* [[Phony Psychic]]: In the poem "Crystal Ball", the psychic accurately predicts everything her customer ate for lunch, then admits that she only figured it out by {{spoiler|looking at her dress.}}