Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, Braw science says that at the leastie We share full ninety-nine per cent O' genes, where'er the odd ane went. - Ken Morley

O nibblin, pink-tail'd, bright-ee'd sir, We hail frae ane sma' fearful blur 'Neath dinosaur feet, lang syne— Na mair be pestie, cousin mine. - Ken Morley

Stay oot my larder, oot my traps An' they'll snap softer doon, p'rhaps, For theft and murther blither go When a's i' th' family, bro' an' bro'. - Ken Morley

by John Updike - Ken Morley