THE ASTONISHING JOE
Joe loved magic
From the time he was five.
He now knows more magic
Than any ten-year-old alive.
His first few tricks
Were the usual stuff,
Coins and cards
And escaping handcuffs.
In a matter of time
Joe astounded Dad
By turning his recliner
Into a lily pad.
Even more amazed
Was pet-loving Momma
When Joe turned their cat
Into a miniature llama.
But his finest trick,
It must be said,
Was making ants
Come back from the dead.
He performed that trick
At the talent show
And soon everyone knew
The Astonishing Joe.
Joe resurrected ants
All day long
On his YouTube channel
Ninety million subscribers strong.
Dad bought a sailboat,
Momma had jewels,
Best of all Joe
Got to make his own rules.
But then a curious thing occurred:
The resurrected ants and all their kin
Refused to die
Ever again.
Immortal ants
Soon covered the land,
Every home, every school,
Every hill, every dale.
People were swimming
Through oceans of ants
Just to get down to the street
For their mail.
His YouTube subscribers
Demanded that Joe
Learn a new trick
To make the ants go.
He studied and practiced
And tried out new chants,
But nothing he did
Got rid of the ants.
On the verge of despair
Joe thought to rehearse
His original trick,
But this time in reverse.
And then with a POOF
Every ant disappeared!
The world was saved,
The subscribers all cheered.
But in a world without ants
The soil goes bad.
When the crops all died,
People got hungry and mad.
After months of misery
People finally had hope
When The Astonishing Joe
Turned rocks into cantaloupe!
