Poems are Eggs Laid by Authors Too Chicken to Hatch Plots and Too Lazy to Write Novels

For what purpose is a book cover besides serving as the end-wrap of a book? Well, it is a good summary page to tell you things about the contents; also, it's a nice place to take a gander at the author-if a photo is there-and read a bit about him/her. Further, it's a neat place to put the review highlights of notable people who've read the book. What of this one? Well, since I'm the only notable person I know, here's me: I've laid thirty-one eggs for this book, and this cover opposite its front, is the bottom of the egg-carton in which they have been shipped to you, farm-fresh. It is also recyclable. Now, back to work at the hen-house.