Edward H. Green

(sent in by Joseph Gruenebaum)

A simple improvement I've found:
Let troublesome numbers be round
And both pi and "e"
Be equal to three
And kgm = 2 lb.

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The first law of Newton I sing

My voice has a relevant ring:
"An object left free
Of hassles will be
Engrossed in just doing its thing."

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Dear S': I note with distress

The length of your yardstick is less
And please wind your clock
To make it tick-tock
More briskly. Your faithful friend, S.

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This answers your hasty request

To speed up your medical test:
Your increase in weight
Is nothing you ate,
It's E over c square; just rest.

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My twin is much younger than I

He's travelled a lot, that is why
If I had the brain
I'd be glad to explain
But Einstein I'm not, so why try.

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(The following one may have appeared in AJP long ago.)
"I'm English!" he said, with a scowl
"My name, I should think, would be 'Joule'
And yet, as a rule
I must answer to 'Joule' -
Confound that ambiguous vow'l!"