Lions and Lambs

If March, some folks say,

Comes in like a lion

The end of the month’s like a lamb

On the other hand, gentle

And lamby-type weather

Then leads to a lion-ish slam

But today’s neither one

It’s just chilly and slushy

And boring and clammy and gray

So the end of the month

Should be warmish and dusty

While the wind blows the moisture away

So what kinds of pairs

Can compare to the weather

We see all around us today

And the opposite kind

At the end of the month?

Here are just a few things you could say:

In like a slug and then out like a sloth

In like a maggot and out like a moth 

In like an octopus, out like an ox

In like a frog and then out like a fox 

In like a camel and out like a clam

In like some jerky and out like some jam

In like an elephant, out like an eel

In like a pineapple, out like its peel

In like a tangerine, out like some toast

In like old Gollum and out like a ghost

In like the bayou and out like the beach

In like a lizard and out like a leech

But all of these foxes 

And oxes and camels

And beaches and leaches and clams

Just confuse my poor brain

So just keep all your lizards

I’ll stick with my lions and lambs