There once was a horse-riding chap
Who took a trip in a cold snap
He stopped in the snow
He stopped in the snow
But he soon had to go:
He was miles away from a nap.
There once was a girl named Lenore
And a bird and a bust and a door
And a guy with depression
And a whole lot of questions
And the bird always says "Nevermore."
There once was a poet named Will
Who tramped his way over a hill
And was speechless for hours
Over some stupid flowers
This was years before TV, but still.
There was a man who, at low tide
Would walk with the Lord by his side
Jesus said "Now look back;
You'll see one set of tracks.
That's when you got a piggy-back ride."
This note on the fridge is to say
That those ripe plums that you put away
Well, I ate them last night
They tasted all right
Plus I slept with your sister. M'kay?
In Xanadu, there was this guy
Built a pleasure dome for which to die
It had rivers to Hades
and mad singing ladies
and then - oh man, I am so high.
I came to a fork in the wood
Two paths there, one crappy, one good
I chose the baddun
I wish that I haddun
Cos now I am stuck in the mud
Hmm, I never got the subtext in the Plums one before...did it take place in Nantucket?
ReplyDeleteWhen William Carlos Williams said, "They were delicious," he wasn't REALLY talking about the plums.
ReplyDeleteSubtle.