Marge Simon

The End of Genius

Once he had two hermit crabs
named Schubert and Mozart.
He gave them food and water,
talked to them, entertained them
with music by their namesakes
on his cello.

They seemed okay,
just sat around
like hermit crabs do,
until one day he noted
Mozart had disappeared.
He was most distraught
until he distinctly heard
Schubert burp.