Dan Hershberger's Plight

Dan Hershberger’s Plight

Dan Hershberger’s bed is East to West
And he and his wife take rest
With their feet reposing in the East
And their heads up in the West.

Dan Hershberger’s legs are long and thin,
As long and thin as he;
He eats and eats all day long–
Of results there’s none to see. 

Dan Hershberger’s legs have no fat,
If I may be so bold,
And when he lies in bed at night
His toes are always cold.

Dan Hershberger’s wife is opposite
Of him in every way,
And how he married a wife so short
Is more than I can say.

Dan Hershberger’s wife is cold at night
But only in the West,
And she pulls the blankets way up high
When she takes her Evening Rest.

Dan Hershberger’s legs are long and thin
They end out in the East,
And when his wife pulls up the quilt
They are not covered in the least.

So Dan Hershberger sleeps with his head in the East 
So his feet stay warm all night
But Dan Hershberger’s nose suffers great woes
And thus ends the tale of Dan Hershberger’s plight. 

I love this time of visiting home in the states when I get to spend quality time with my parents. The more you know them, the more you will enjoy this poem about them. :)

I was told I must add that the last verse is not entirely true, that it was only a suggestion of how to solve the problem. But I have taken poetic license to include it in the poem.

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