Market Anomalies Perpetrated By Emily Dickens
Because I could not stop for Lunch
It kindly stopped for me
The roach coach served Hawaiian Punch
I went to the lava-toree
And those for whom the ball-jar sounds
Shall hear it roar 'Begone,
'Til you have fought eleven rounds
With layabouts, not one,
But half-a-dozen, tightly knit
And skirmishing withal,
Anent the brink of some deep pit
Into the which you'll fall'
Because I could not stop for Lunch
I ordered meals on wheels
And, as there was no time to munch
I shopped for higher heels
And tottered doen the higher path
In bitch boot fetish wear
Like all the citizens of Bath
Who air their derrière(s)
But when I'd gotten to the club
Along the Royal Mile
Bill Shakespeare whispered, "That's the rub"
And Kafka wrecked my Trial
Because I could not stop for Lunch
I stopped for Breakfast; then
Like Quasimodo, I'd a hunch
That I might go in Seine
And donned my natal birthday suit
With matching boots and cap
I must admit, I did look cute
And suffered no mishap
Until I reached again the shore
a gauche, if not a droite
When, with a mighty echoing roar,
I fetched up in a boîte
Because I could not stop for Lunch
I dined upon my yacht
Surrounded by a comely bunch
Whose names I had forgot
We set to sea at half-past four
Before the tide came in
And spurned by Lloyd's, as guarantor,
We saved each other's skin
Soon symbiosis ran aground
Osmosis took its toll
In halitosis all were drowned
And Kafka ate my soul
Contributors: | Kevin Andrew Murphy, loaf, Helen Owly, Apsley, (trad), Nym, Arnold the Sly Ape, Chevalier, Kansas Sam, from KAM, a priori, Helen of Troy, Hillbeck. |
Poem finished: | 28th July 2006 by Chevalier. |