Neptune's Missing Noonday Umbrellas Of Blossom
The photo showed the final phase
It knocked me senseless in a daze
& made me burst my stays
Its scene depicted mortal strife
Such as once appalled my wife
And dulled her keenest knife
And in the distance, far from clear
A pygmy poleaxed with his spear
Stopped a moment for a tear
Such are lenses!
How dirt cleanses!
The video showed the full extent
Of the latent element
In whatever it all meant
Such is praxis!
How cash taxes!
The lion stops its mouth with meat
The kangaroo devours its feet
The dithyramb is mighty neat!
Such is parting
Swift and darting
The spondee has a headache dim
Which, not unknown to Lucky Jim
(The parrot full of zest and vim)
Sucks its lolly
With the dolly
And thus we see the Missing Link
Which men of old have coloured pink
And swathed about with robes of zinc
Such is metal
Ice-cold petal
| Contributors: | Surlaw, Apsley, Shipp, Anon.. |
| Poem finished: | 9th March 2000. |