Lines_on_the_Antiquity_of_Microbes
Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes
Short poem composed by Strickland Gillilan
"Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes", also known simply as "Fleas", is a couplet commonly cited as the shortest poem ever written, composed by American poet Strickland Gillilan in the early 20th century.[1]
The poem reads in full:
Adam
Had 'em.