Whose Shift Avoids Whose Pellicule?
The grumpy armadillo sat in front of his computer
(His data entry skills were quite beyond compare)
And penned a witty novel full of fury and envy
Though quite unreadable by man
Or elk, save of nomadic kind
The grunting abolitionist sat cranking up his printer
(His pen of wrath was spitting in the half-light of the moon)
And scrawled his manifesto bespattered with gravy
Alas too learned for poor folk
And too scruffy for any save the blind
The gruff-voiced architect sat elevating his penumbra
(His shadower was taking time to eat and bathe his toes)
And typed a lyric ballad that Wordsworth would have envied
Though scarcely legible by day
by night, his dainty ballad caused much quarrel among his foes
The gryphon and the aardvaark came to blows about a picture
(His Highness Prince Ludolphus found it quite ridiculous)
And never spoke for decades save through friends' intercession
Alas too humble and subtle
For anyone lives beneath the floes
| Contributors: | ellie, fester, Apsley, Aa, TG, Grayman, Roland, chris, Beefy. |
| Poem finished: | 3rd October 2000. |