better than one

i always craved anonymity but since i had two heads it eluded me when i walk into the drugstore to buy a candy bar josie says to her mom look mom, that man has two heads barack obama was running for president and he shook my hand and said i like your heads but when sarah palin shook my hand she just smiled i liked sarah palin better! i went walking in the wilderness and met gilgamesh i wanted to be his pal but he said, sorry bud, those monsters will see you coming a mile away i just can't take the chance i kept wandering and met iskander and his famous horse "doublehead" i tried to strike up a conversation on this basis but quickly saw i was boring them as they galloped away i called after them "is it because i have two heads?" but only the wind and the dust answered something about castles and princesses i met tamerlane resting under a tree beside a pond and he cried "i have never cut two heads off one man before!" and he laughed but fell asleep under the tree so i passed on i found zoroaster sitting under a bigger tree he just stared at me i pointed out that i had two heads and he answered "the one tree will shade two heads" progress! next i came upon the buddha and his twin brother sitting under a withered tree with little shade i asked them "are two heads better than one?" and the buddha answered "better than one what?" and his twin brother answered "better than one for what" then the emperor rode by in his golden carriage and i asked him the same question and he answered "of course two heads can sing my praises exactly twice as loudly as one" and he rode on and i realized the emperor was barack obama and the golden carriage was sarah palin this was real progress! maybe someday i'll meet somebody who really understands