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Subject: Re: Trying to find a poem

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Judi Labriola

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Date Posted: 04:10:37 01/23/07 Tue
In reply to: phyllis holley 's message, "Re: Trying to find a poem" on 07:47:50 12/28/05 Wed

>>>The antiseptic baby and the prophylactic pup were
>playing in the garden....
>
>Thanks for any help
>Phyllis Holley

Here is that poem..

Arthur Guiterman. 1871�

50. Strictly Germ-proof

THE Antiseptic Baby and the Prophylactic Pup
Were playing in the garden when the Bunny gamboled up;
They looked upon the Creature with a loathing undisguised;�
It wasn't Disinfected and it wasn't Sterilized.

They said it was a Microbe and a Hotbed of Disease; 5
They steamed it in a vapor of a thousand-odd degrees;
They froze it in a freezer that was cold as Banished Hope
And washed it in permanganate with carbolated soap.

In sulphurated hydrogen they steeped its wiggly ears;
They trimmed its frisky whiskers with a pair of hard-boiled shears; 10
They donned their rubber mittens and they took it by the hand
And elected it a member of the Fumigated Band.

There's not a Micrococcus in the garden where they play;
They bathe in pure iodoform a dozen times a day;
And each imbibes his rations from a Hygienic Cup� 15
The Bunny and the Baby and the Prophylactic Pup.

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